130 MELIPHAGID^. 



on the imderparts, more or less washed with red on the various parts 

 of the body. 



Rob. Caroline Archipelago. 



a. cf ad- st- Carolines. Purchased. 



h. [ $ ] ad. ; c. Imm. sk, Pelew Islands. Mr. Cohen [C.]. 



3. Myzomela cardinalis. 

 Cardinal Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn, i. pt. 2, p. 733, pi. 33. fig. 2 



Certhia cardinalis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 472 (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. i. 



p. 290. 

 Cardinal Honey-eater, Lath. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 199, pi. 71. fig. 2 



(1822). 

 Myzomela cardinalis, Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Id. p. 10 (1859^ ; Ti-is- 



trant, Ibis, 1876, p. 261 ; Hamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. 



p. 337 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 272. 

 Myzomela melanogastra, £p. C. li. t. xxxviii. p. 263 (1854). 



It remains doubtful whether the following references belong to this, 

 or to any real species at all (cf. Forbes, I. c.) : — 



LeKuyameta, VieiU. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 92, pi. 58 (1802;. 



Certhia cardinalis, Vieiil. in texte, op. cit. 



Myzomela pusilla, Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 10 ( 1859) ; Forbes, 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 276. 

 Myzomela cardinalis, pt., Fi7isch 8) Hartl. Orn. Centralpolyn. p. 57 

 (note). 



Adult male. Head and neck aU round and upper chest, middle 

 line of Back, and upper tail-covcrts brilliant scarlet ; pra?ocular 

 region and all the rest of upper and under parts, including edge of 

 wing and under wing-coverts, black ; abdomen and flanks inclining 

 to brownish black ; inner margin of quills whitish ; bill and feet 

 black. Culmen 0-8-0-9 inch, wing 2-8, tail l-S-1-9, tarsus 0-8-0-85. 



Adult female. Resembles the male in coloi;r. 



Young hirds are olive-brown on the xijiper parts and dingy 

 greyish yellow on the underparts ; head, fore neck, and back more 

 or less strongly washed or tipped with scarlet ; under wing-coverts 

 and inner margin of quiUs white, outer margin olive-yellow. 



Hah. New Hebrides. 



a. S ad. sk. Erromango. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



I, c. S ad. sk. EiTomaugo, Aug. 1865. J. Breuchloy, Esq. [P.]. 



d, e. c? ? ad. sk. Aneiteum, Aug. 1853 Gould Collection. 



{Macgillivray), 



f, g. (S ; /;. $ ad. sk. Aneiteum. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



Subspecies a. Myzomela nigriventris. 



Mvzomela nigriventris, Peale, U.S. F.ipl. Exp. p. 150, pi. 41. fig. 2 

 '(1848); Cassin, U.S. Expl. Eap. p. 175, pi. 12. fig. 1 (1858); 

 Hartl. S)- Finsch, Orn. Centralpolyn. p. 56, pi. 7. figs. 3 & 4 ; 

 Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 391 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 271. 



