134 MELIPHAGID^. 



Civ Gen. Tii. p. 825, xiv. p. 76; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 ii. p. 190, iii. p. Ill ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 2G2 ; Salvad. op. cit. 

 xvi. p. 72 ; id. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 300. 

 Nectarinia erythrocephala, Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 163 (1865). 



Adult male. Head all round, lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts brilliant scarlet ; a pra^ocular patch and all the rest of the 

 upper parts, tail, wings, and neck all round uniform blackish brown ; 

 the rich blackish brown on the chest gradually changes into dull 

 brownish grey ; under wing-covcrts and inner margin of quills white ; 

 edge of wing blackish brown ; bill blackish, paler at the base of 

 mandible ; feet dark horn-colour. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-6- 

 0-7, wing 2-4, tail l-G-1-7, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Above uniform greyish brown ; underparts paler ; 

 forehead "and throat washed with red ; wings externally edged with 

 olive. Culmen 0*62 inch, wing 2-2, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-6. 



Young male. Eesenibling the female, but has the upper parts 

 darker brown, 'inclining sometimes to blackish brown. 



Hah. Northern Australia to Aru Islands and New Guinea. 



a. 6 ad. sk. Ara Islands. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



i. cJimm. sk. Aru Islands (TFa/toce). Gould Collection. 



c, d,e. c? 2 ad. Aru Islands (CocA-ereW). F. D. Godman and 0. Salviu, 



sk. Esqrs. [P.]. 



/, (), 7j. [ cJ ] imm. Aru Islands. F. D. Godman and 0. &alvm, 



'sk. Esqrs. [P.]. 



10. Myzomela adolpMnae. 



Myzomela adolpliinse, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. (1875) 

 p. 976, xvi. p. 72; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 261, pi. xxiv. tig. 3; 

 Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 301. 



Seems to represent M. erythrocephala on the Arfak Mountains. 

 It differs from the latter species merely in having the mantle and 

 wings slightly tinged with olive, whilst the underparts are not greyish 

 browii, but dingy yellowish white ; the distribution of red is the 

 same as in the latter species. Culmen 0-45 inch, wing 2-2, tail 1"5, 

 tarsus 0"5. 



Adult fcmcdc. General colour above, including the wing-coverts, 

 olive-brown ; wings and tail dark brown, externally edged with olive ; 

 underparts cHngy yellowish white, slightly tinged with grey on the 

 chest and fore neck ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills 

 white ; feathers covering base of culmen and upper thi'oat washed 

 with dull carmine-red. 



Hah, Arfak Mountains. 



11. Myzomela annabellae. 



Myzomela annabeUse, Sclater, P. Z. S, 1883, p. 56. 



Adult male. Black ; head and throat all round and lower back 

 crimson ; centre of the belly olive, as well as some very narrow 



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