1. MTZOMELA. 129 



h!" . Abdomen and breast black. 



y^. Under wing-coverts white nigritM, p. 139. 



/('. Under wing-coverts black j)aimnekena, p. 140. 



b. Upper and under parts crimson cruentata,^^. UO 



^'^ ^ I wakoloensis, p. 141. 



c. Upper and under parts olive- or greyish brown. 

 d'. With red in the plumage. 



//". Throat and part of fore neck red schteri, p. 141. 



h". Red gular stripe eques, p. 141. 



i". No gular stripe; but wings and tail tinged I *'"V^^^'''> P- l-=^2. 



with red . : ?. . . . \ rubrobvunneu, p. 142. 



( rubrotmcta, p. 143. 



e'. No red in the plumage cineracea, p. 143. 



/'. Crown only slightly tinged with red obscura, p. 143. 



1. Myzoinela guentheri. (Plate III.) 



Adult male. Head and adjoining part of neck all round brilliant 

 scarlet ; aU the rest of the plumage, iiicluding the under wing- 

 coverts, black, glossy on the upper parts ; inner margin of quills 

 pale buff. 



Adult female. Anterior half of head all round, including the ear- 

 coverts, scarlet, duller on the upper throat; occiput and rest of 

 upper parts greyish olive ; wings and tail blackish brown, externally 

 edged with olive-yellow ; underparts dingy yellowish white, strougly 

 washed with duU buif on the chest and hanks ; under wing-coverts 

 and inner margin of quills white. 



(S . Culmeu 0-55 inch, wing 2-1, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-55. 



?. ,, 0-55 „ „ 2-0, „ 2-1, „ 0-54. 

 Hab. New Britain. 



a. ^ ; b, c. 2 ad- sk. New Britain, Dec. 1880. ]\lr. Kleinschmidt [C.]. 



2. Myzomela rubratra. 



Cinnyris rubrater, Less. Voy. Coq., Zool. p. 678 (1826) ; id. 3Ian. 



d'bni. ii. p. 55 (1828); Kittlitz, Kupfert. Voy. pi. 8. fig. 1; id. 



Denkw. einer Heise, i. pp. 364, 381 (la58). 

 Myzomela rubratra, Up. C. H. t. xxxviii. p. 263 (1854) ; Hartl. 



F. Z. S. 1868, p. 5 ; id. ^- Finsch, F. Z. 8. 1872, p. 94 ; Fi?iscA, 



Jouni. Godeffroy Mus. xii. p. 26 ; Forbes, F. Z. S. 1879, p. 270. 

 Myzomela major, lip. C. F. t. xxxviii. p. 203 (1854). 

 Myzomela sauguiuoleuta (pt.J, Gray (nee Lath.), Gen, B, i. p. 118 ; 



£p. C. A. i. p. 394. 



Adult male. Shoulders, wing-coverts and quills, tail, under tail- 

 coverts, lower abdomen, under wing-coverts, and edge of wing- 

 blackish brown ; all the rest of the body scarlet ; pneocular region 

 brown ; inner margin of quills whitish ; bill blackish ; feet horn- 

 colour ; most of the quills narrowly edged with olive externally. 



Female. Like the male, but the abdomen, under tail-coverts, and 

 the wing-coverts more olive-brown or greyish brown : hind neck less 

 red than in the male. Culmen 0'7-0*75 inch, wing 2*85, tail 2*1, 

 tarsus 0'85-0"9. 



Young bii-ds are dark olive-brown above, paler and more greyish 



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