1. MTZOMEtA. 139 



19. Myzomela nigrita. 



Myzomela uigi-ita, Gray, T. Z. -S'. 1S58, p. 173 ; id. Cat. B. New Guin. 



pp. 23, 55; id. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 115, 18G1, p. 434; Rosenh. 



J. f. 0. 18G4, p. 122 ; id. Nat. Tijdsch: Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 237 ; Sal- 



vdd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 97; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 205 ; Salvad. ^ 



d'Albertis, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 75 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. <S'. W. iv. p. 100 ; Rosenh. Malay. Arch. p. 553 ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 71 ; id. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 291. 

 Neetaiinia nigri, Finsch, Neu- Guin. p. 163. 

 Myzomela erythrocephala, Meyer {nee Gould), Sitzungsher. Akad. 



Wien, Ixx. p. 204 (1874). 

 Myzomela meyeri, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. yu. p. 947 (1875). 

 Myzomela pluto, Salvad. in Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 266. 



Adult male. All the upper aud under parts are imiforin jet-black, 

 with the exceptiou of the under wing-covcrts, axillaries, and inner 

 margin of quills, which are piu'e white ; hill black ; feet dark horn- 

 colour. 



Female. Upper parts uniform greyish brown ; underparts of 

 body paler ; throat, cheeks, and forehead strongly washed with dull 

 carmine ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills pure white ; 

 wings and tail externally washed with dull olive. 



Immature males are dull black above, mottled dark grey and 

 black on the underparts of the body, retaining the dull carmine 

 on the forehead and especially on the throat. 



These birds do not seem to be subject to much variation in size, 

 as wUl be seen from the following measurements. Culmen 0"65-0-7 

 inch, tarsus 0'52-0'6. Specimens with the wing 2"5-2-7 inches in 

 length, from Jobi Island and from Miosnom (cf. Forbes, P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 2(56 ; " J/, pluto," iSalvadori in litteris), seem to me to belong 

 to M. pammelcena. 



Wing. Tail. 



in. in. 



d. Dorey 2-25 16 



Dorey 2-25 1-6 



Aru 2-25 1-6 



Aru 2-3 1-62 



Am 2-25 1-5 



Aru 2-3 1-62 



Aru (Wokan) 2-15 1-6 



Ai-u 215 1-52 



Pt. Moresby 2-3 1-62 



East Cape 2-3 1-6 



§. Ai-u 2-0 1-4 



Aru 20 1-5 



East Cape (New Guinea) 2-2 1-42 



Hah. "Western and Southern New Guinea and Aru Islands. 



a,b.,S; c, d. 5 Aru Islands. A. Pi. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



ad. sk. 



e. c? ad. sk. Aru Islands fTTrt/fecf). Gould Collection. 



/, ff. (S ad. sk. ; Aru Islands i^Cockerell). F. I). Godman and 0. Sal- 



/<. d imm. sk. vin, Esqrs. 



i. d 'id. sk. Wokan, Aru Islands. Vov. II.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



I; I. S ad. sk. Dorey. A.'R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



