128 MELTPnAGIDiE. 



1. MYZOMELA. 



Type. 

 Myzomela, Vigors Sf Horsjield, Trans. Lmn. Soc. 1820, 



p. 316 



Phylidornis, iesso» (pt.), Traite d'Orn. i. p. 298(1831) M. cardiualis. 

 Cosineteira, Reichenb. Handb. spec. Orn. i. p. 283 (1852) M. eques. 

 Cissomela, Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus, t. xxxviii. 



p. 264 (1854) M. nigra. 



Eill longer than rest of head, slender and curved. Tail two 

 thirds the length of wing. Principal colours hlack and red; if 

 present, the yellow colour confined to the underparts. Female 

 generally plain, olive above. Length of wing from 2-2'9 inches. 



Range. Austro-Malayan and Polynesian Regions. 



Key to the Species. 



%. Upper parts hlack, or black and red. 

 «'. Head red all round. 



a". All the rest of the plumage black guenthen, p. 129. 



b". Upper parts black and red. 



a'". Middle Hne of back (or whole back) 

 and ruuip red. 

 a'. Chest and fore neck red. 



«'. Abdomen black or blackish brown. 



a'^. Lower breast red rubratra, p. 129. 



¥. Lower breast black. j cardinalis, p. 130. 



a: Middle hne of back red . . . . j „^;.,-,,,^,.^,;^ p. 130. 



v. Whole back red pidcherrima, p. 131. 



6\ Abdomen dingy grey. 

 c'^. Wing-coverts with white edgings sanguinolenta,^. 131, 

 d^. Wing-coverts entirely black . . caledonica, p. 132. 



c'. Abdomen yellowish buff chloroptera, p. 132. 



b\ Chest black. 



d^. Breast and abdomen greyish white boiei, p. 133. 



e'. Breast and abdomen black lifuensis, p. 133. 



6'". Middle Hne of back black ; rump red. 



c*. Underparts greyish brown erythrocephala, p. 133. 



fZ*. Underparts yellowish white \ "^V',', '^"i.t," 



■L, [^ . r ^ i annahellce, p. 134. 



. Centre ot crown red. ' ' ^ 



c". Rest of plumage black forbesi, p. 135. 



d". Rump and throat red. 



c'". Rest of uuderparts wliite vulnerata, p. 135. 



d'". Fore neck and chest yellow jugidaris, p. 136. 



c'. Whole crowu black. 



e". With red in the plumag-e. 



e'". Chin, throat, and breast black rosenbergi, p. 137. 



/'". Chin, tliroat, and breast red chermesina, p. 137. 



/". No red in plumage ; only colours black or 



black and white. 



(/'". Abdomen and breast white. 



e*. Fore neck and rump black nigra, p. 138. 



/*. Upper tail-coverts and a pectoral 



crescent black pectoralis, p. 138. 



