132 MELIPHAGH)^. 



iucluding wiugs and tail and a pra^ocular spot, black ; quills nar- 

 rowly edged with pale Luff ; greater and median coverts with con- 

 spicuous dingy white edges ; sides of breast, flanks, and abdomen 

 dingy yellowish grey, inclining to dull white on the under tail- 

 coverts ; under wing-coverts, inner margin of quills, and edge of 

 wing white ; some of the tail-feathers likewise edged with white on 

 their inner web ; bill and feet black ; iris dark brown. 



Adidt female. General colour above greyish brown ; wings and 

 taU dark brown ; quills externally edged with olive, the wing- 

 coverts with buff ; all other parts dull whitish, more or less tinged 

 with buff; under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills white ; 

 maxiUa blackish brown ; mandible pale horn-colour ; feet brown. 

 Total length less than 4 inches. 



cJ . Culmen 0-5-0-55 inch, wing 2-35, tail l'4-l-5, tarsus 0'55. 



2 . „ 0-5 inch, „ 2-15, „ 1-3, „ 0-55. 



ITab. Australia. 



a. (S ad. sk. Cape Upstart. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 



b. c? juv. sk. Cape Upstart, J. Macgillivrav, Esq. [C.]. 

 e,d. S 2 ad. sk. N. S. Wales. Gould Collection. 



e. c? ad. sk. Queensland. Goidd Collection. 



/) ff> ^- 6 ad. sk. Queensland ( Cock- F. D. Godman and O. Salviu, 



erell). Esqrs. [P.]. 



I. d ad. sk. Queensland. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



k. cJ imm. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



I, m. (S $ ad. sk. Australia. J. GoiUd, Esq. 



Subspecies a. Myzomela caledonica. 

 Myzomela caledonica, Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 260. 



Adult male. Very similar to M. sanguinolenta ; but the scapulars 

 and wing-coverts are entirely black, without, or with hardly any, paler 

 edgings ; the red extends a little further down on the abdomen, 

 which is pale whitish and buff. Culmen 1-57 inch, wing 2'25, 

 tail 1*5, tarsus 0"63. 



Hah. New Caledonia to New Hebrides. 



a. tS ad. sk. Noimiea, May 19, 1879. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



(3. Myzomela chloroptera. 



Myzomela chloroptera, Wcdden, Attn. i§- 3Iaff. K. II. 1872, ix. p. 399 ; 

 Salmd. Ann. Mtis. Civ. Gen. 1875, vii. p. 662 ; Forbes, P. Z. S, 

 1879, p. 260, pi. xxiv. fig. 1. 



Adult male. Resembling M. sanguinolenta in general pattern of 

 colour. Wiugs, with their coverts, and tail brownish black; the scarlet 

 on the underparts not extending down beyond the chest ; rest 

 of underparts dull yellowish buff; under wing-coverts and inner 

 margin of quills white ; pra?ocular region blackish. Culmen 0*5 

 inch, wing 2-2, tail 1-5, tarsus 0"50. 



Hab. Celebes. 



