] 3^ MELIPHAGID^. 



«, 6. [ cJ ] ad. sk. Rotumali {Bev. G. Broicn). Voy. of H.M.S. ' Chal- 

 lenger.' 



cfc? 1ad.sk. Manikollo, New Hebrides. H. Wickbam PeiTv, 



Esq. [P.]. 



(1. c5' jin-. Ponape Island. Museum Godeffi'oy. 



e. (S ad. sk. ? Pm-cbased. (Type of 



species.) 



17. Myzomela nigra. 



Mvzomela nigra, Gorild, B. Austr. iv. pi. 60 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. pi. 38. 

 fig. 1; Bp. C. A. i. p. 395; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 116; Gould, 

 Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 5-58 (wee Cissoinela nigra, Bp. C. It. 1854, 

 p. 261); Diggles, Orn. Austr. pi.; Rammij, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S.W. 

 ii. p. 190 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 275. 



Adult male. Head and neck all round, mantle, and central line 

 down the breast black ; under wing-coverts, under surface of quiUs, 

 and the thighs dull black ; upper wing-coverts and quills, rest of 

 back, and tail uniform blackish brown ; breast and abdomen pure 

 white. Culmen 0-7 inch, wing 2-7, tail 1-G, tarsus 0-53. 



Female and i/ounc/ birds are dull blackish brown above ; underparts 

 dingy white, except the thighs, under wing-coverts, fore neck, and 

 throat, which parts are mottled with dull blackish ; inner margin 

 of quills whitish. Wing 2-6 inches, tail I'o. 



flab. Greater part of Australia. 



rtf Qlad.sk. Gulf of Carpentaria Gould Collection. 



(Gilbert). 



fe. [ cJ ] ad. sk. AustraHa. J. Gould, Esq. [P.], 



c. cJ ad. sk. Australia. Zoological Society. 



d. [cj] ad. ; e. Queensland (Cockerell). F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 

 ■ Juv. sk. vin, Esqrs. 



18. Myzomela pectoralis. 



Myzomela pectorahs, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 170; id. B. Austr. 



iv. pi. 65; id. Ilandb. B. Austr. i. p. 557; Bp. C. A. i. p. 395; 



Biggies, Orn. Austr. pi. ; Ba7nsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. 



p. 190 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 275. 

 Cissomela nigra, Bp. (nee Gould), C. R. xxxviii. p. 265 (1854). 



Adult male. Upper parts of head, wings and wing-coverts, mantle, 

 back, tail, and a narrow crescent across the chest black ; secondary 

 quills and tail-feathers edged with white ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and all the rest of the underparts, including the axillaries, ear-coverts, 

 and sides of neck, pure white ; under wing-coverts, edge of wing, 

 and inner margin of quills black ; bill and feet black. 



Females and immature mcdes are coloui'ed like the male, but have 

 the mantle mottled with black and buff. Culmen 0-G5 inch, wing 

 2-5-2-7, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-57. 



Hab. K'orth Australia, 

 a. r 2 1 ad. sk. North Australia. Purchased. 



/)' 19 1 ad. sk. Queensland (Cockerell). F. D. Godman and 0. 



■'-^-' Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



c. Juv. sk. Gulf of Carpentaria (Gilbert). Gould Collection. 



