1. MYZOMELA. 131 



Mj'zomela rubratra, Hartl. (iiec Less.), Archiv f. Natunjesch. 1852, 



p. lao. 



Myzomela cardinalis, Hartl. (nee Gmel.), op. cit. p. 109. 

 ''Myzomela aruouxi, Verr." Bp. C. R. t. xxxviii. p. 263 (1854). 



Adult male. Closely aUiod to M. cardinalis, -whicli it seems to 

 represent in the Samoa Islands. It differs from the latter species 

 merely by the abdomen and breast being deep black without any 

 browuish tinge ; the black upper parts are, as a rule, more glossy 

 than they ever seem to be in M. cardinalis. Culmcn 0"7S inch, 

 wing 2-G, tail l"7o, tarsus 0-75. 



Yniovj birds are dark greyish brown above ; crown of head, ui)per 

 throat, and upper wing-coverts strongly washed or tipped with 

 scarlet. 



Hab. Samoa Islands. 



a, b. S ad.; c. Juv. sk. Samoa Islands. Eev. S. J. WTiitmee [C.]. 

 d. S ad. sk. Samoa Islands. Rev. J. B. Stair [C.]. 



e,f. cJ $ ad. sk. Samoa Islands. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Myzomela pulcherrima. 



Myzomela pidcherrima, Ramsay, P)-oc. Linn. Soe. JV. <S'. IF", vi. p. 179 

 (1881), \-ii. p. 27 ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, iii. p. 542. 



Adult male. Head and neck all round, the whole of the back and 

 upper tail-coverts, chest, and greater part of sides' of breast brilliant 

 red ; shoulders, wings, and tail brownish black ; abdomen, under 

 tail-coverts, flanks, under wing-coverts, and edge of wings sooty 

 blackish brown ; iimer margin of quills whitish ; bill and feet black ; 

 iris brown. Culmen 0-77 inch, wing 2-75, tail 1"75, tarsus 0*8. 



Hab. Ugi, Solomon Islands. 



a, 6. c? $ ad. sk. Island of Ugi- Lieut. G. E. Eichards [C.]. 



5. Myzomela sang^inolenta. 



? Scarlet Creepei", Lath. Gen. 8y)i. i. pt. 2, p. 740 (1782). 



? Certhia rubra, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 479 ( 1788). 



Sanguineous Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 167, pi. 130 (1801). 



Cochineal Creeper, id. I. c. 



Red-rumped Creeper, id. op. cit. p. 109. 



Certhia sanguinoleuta, id. Ind. Orn., Suppl. p. xxxvii (1801). 



Certhia dibapba, id. I. c. 



Certhia erythropygia, id. op. cit. p. xxxviii. 



Certhia australasiie, Leach, Zool. Misc. i. p. .30, pi. 11 (1814) 



Myzomela cardinalis, Viy. 8)- Horsf. (nee Gmel. teste Forbes), Trans. 



'Linn. Soc. xv. p. 316 (1826). 

 Myzomela sanguiuolenta, Cab. Mas. Hein. \. p. 116 (1850) ; Bp. C. A. 



i. p. 394; Gould, B. Austr. iv. pi. 63; id. Ilandb. B. Austr. i. 



p. 555; Digglcs, Orn. Austr. pi. ; Ramsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 304; id. 



Proc.Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 190 (1878) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 259. 



Adult male. Head and neck all round, breast, middle lino of back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts brilliant scarlet ; rest of upper parts, 



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