136 MELIPHAGIDJE. 



14. Myzomelajngularis. 



Myzoinela jiigiilaris, recde, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 151, pi. 41. fig. 2 



(1848) ; Cassin, U.S. E.ipl. Rvped. p. 176, pi. 12. fig. 2 (1858) ; 



Hartlauh ij- Finscli, Oni. C'mtralj)ul. p. 54, pi. 7. figs. 1 & 2 ; 



IMiitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 447 ; Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 391 ; Forbes, 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 264. 

 Myzomela solitaiia, Hombi: ^- Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 99, 



"Atlas, pi. 22. fig. 6 (1853) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 124 ; Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. jS\ S. W. vii. p. 16 ; Salvad. Orn. Pajmasia, ii. 



p. 307 (note). 



Adult male. Centre of crown and occiput, chin and iipper throat, 

 lower rump, and upper tail-coverts brilliant carmine ; forehead and 

 sides of head, mantle and back, wings, and tail sooty black ; greater 

 and median wing-coverts with small white tips ; quills narrowly 

 edged with yellow ; lower throat, fore neck, and chest yellow ; rest 

 of the underparts of the body yellowish white ; under wing-coverts, 

 edge of wing, and inner margin of quills pure white ; bill black ; feet 

 horn -colour. 



Immature males have the carmine restricted to the occiput and 

 upper throat, whilst the whole back and mantle are sooty olive- 

 brown. 



Adult female. All the upper parts uniform sooty olive-brown; 

 wings and tail similar to the male ; the carmine is restricted to the 

 chin and upper throat, whilst the rest of the throat is more or less 

 mottled with blackish and dull yellow, the yeUow being prevalent 

 on the fore neck and chest; rest of underparts j'ellowish white. 



In the collection of the British Museum are three specimens, sexed 

 as females, and two others not sexed, which agree with the descrip- 

 tion given above ; whilst two other specimens (Xos. 86 and 60 of the 

 ' Challenger' Expedition) are likewise marked as females, but have 

 some of the feathers of the occiput and nimp red or at least tinged 

 with that colour. As these two specimens therefore agree with an 

 immature bird (marked male by Macgillivray), I have no doubt that 

 the sex of these two ' Challenger' specimens is wrongly determined. 

 S . Culmen 0-6-0-7 inch, wing 2-3-2-4, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-65. 



5. „ 0-65 „ „ 2-1-2-3, „ 1-4, „ 0-64. 



Hah. Fiji Islands. 



a,b. (5 5 fid. sk. Fiji Islands. Pm-chased. 



c. r? ad. sk. Ovalau. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



d. 5 ad. sk. Ovalau. J. Brencliley, Esq. [P.]. 

 e,f. (^ ?ii.; g,h. Kandavu. Voy. of H. M.S. ' Challenger.' 



[c?] imm.sk. 



i, k. S 2 ad. sk. Matuka. Voy. of H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



I. cJ imm. ; vi. Matuka, August 1855 Voy. of H.M.S. 'Herald.' 



5 ad. sk. (Br. Poi/>icr). 



n. S ad. sk. Moala, Sept. 5, 1854 Voy. of H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



(Dr. Rayner). 



0. [ rf 1 ad. sk. Taviuui (Liardet). F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



p. 2 juv. Molucata. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



