1. MTZOMELA. 135 



margins to the quills ; under wing-coverts and inner webs of the 

 quills white ; bill and feet black. Total length 3-5 inches, wing 2-0, 

 tail 1"3. (Sclater.) 



Hah. Island of Loetoer, Tenimber group. 



a. S <id. sk. Loetoer, Tenimber Islands. H. 0. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



12. Myzomela forbesi. 



Myzomela forbosi, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 469 

 ( 1880) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus, Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 71 ; id. Orn. Papnasia, 

 ii. p. 293. 



Adult male. Centre of crown blood-red : under wing-coverts and 

 inner margin of quills pure white ; all the rest of the plumage black, 

 more or less glossy on the upper parts, sooty on the underparts. 

 Culmen 0-74 inch, wing 2-25, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-61. 



Ilab. Woodlark Islands. 



a. J ad. sk. Woodlark Islands. Mr. A. Goldie [C.]. 



13. Myzomela vulnerata. 



Nectarinia (Myzomela) vulnerata, S. Mi'dl. Natuurl. Gesch. Lan&- en 

 Vulkenk. p. 172 (1839-44) ; id. op. cit. Zool, Aves, pi. 10. figs. 3 & 4. 



Myzomela vulnerata, Bp. C. A. i. p. 394 (1850) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 263. 



Adult male. Centre of crown and occiput, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts, and tipper throat blood-red ; all the rest of the upper parts, 

 including the wings, tail, forehead, sides of head, and the neck all 

 round sooty brownish black ; rest of underparts, including edge of 

 wing, under wing-coverts, and inner margin of quills, white ; bill 

 black ; feet lead-colour. Culmen 0-5-0-6 inch, wing 2-15-2-3, tail 

 1-6, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. Coloured like the male, but less distinct, and slightly 

 smaller in its dimensions. 



Ilab. Timor. 



a, b, c. S ad. sk. E. Timor. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



rf. [ c? ] ad. sk. Timor ( Wallace). Gould Collection. 



Myzomela lafaegei. 



Myzomela lafargei, Hmnbr. cj- Jacq. Voy. Pule Sud, Zool. iii. p. 98, pi. 22. 

 fig. 5 (18.53) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 264; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. 7ii. p. 16. 

 This species still stands on the single type specimen obtained by the French 

 Expedition to the South Pole in the Solomon Islands. It resembles the imma- 

 ture mule of M. jiigularis, but the rod is restricted to the occiput, whilst the 

 uj-iiicr throat and chin are dull black ; lower throat or fore neck blackish, mottled 

 with greenish yellow. 



Hob. Solomon Islands (?). 



