140 ITEIIPHAGID^. 



m. S ad. sk. Near Port Moresby. Mr. A. Goldie [C.]. 



n, 0. (S ad. ; p. East Cape, S.E. New Mr. C. Hunstein [C.]. 

 cjinim. sk. Guinea. 



20. Myzomela pammelaena. 



Myzomela pammeloena, Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 5-53; Forbes, ibid. 



1879, p. 2G7; Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 439; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 27; Salvad. Ibis, 1880, p. 130; Tristram, 



Ibis, 1880, p. 2-16; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 71; id. 



Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 293. 

 Myzomela tristrami, Ramsay, op. cit. p. 27 (1882). 



Like M. nigrita, but larger, and having most of the under ■wing- 

 coverts and the axiUarics Uaek ; rest of under wing-coverts and 

 inner margin of quills greyish or blacldsh. 



Immature and yotinj birds have the under wing-coverts and the 

 inner margin of the quills still white ; bill and feet black. 



Adult cJ . Culmen 0-8 inch, wing 2-9, tail 2-0, tarsus 0-72. 



Immature 5. „ 0-62 „ „ 2-55, „ 1-5, „ 0-68. 



Hab. North coast of New Guinea, including the adjacent islands, 

 Admiralty Islands, and San Christoval. 



Obs. 1. One specimen from the Solomon Islands has most of the 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries black ; some of them, however, 

 are white, as well as the inner margin of the remiges. In its 

 dimensions it is likewise intermediate between J/, pammelcena and 

 M. nvjrita. This and the next specimen might bo looked upon as 

 an eastern, larger, and somewhat darker race of J/, nigrita. Wing 

 2-45, tan 1-6.5, tarsus 0-68. 



Obs. 2. Another specimen, from San Christoval, marked male and 

 obtained by Macgillivray in January 1855, agrees in coloration and 

 dimensions with 21. pammelcena, but the whole of the upper and 

 under mandibles are yellow except the terminal third, which is 

 brown. Culmen 0'83 inch, wing 2*65, tail 1*7, tarsus O'To. 



a. cJad. ; b. Imm. Admiralty Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



sli. (Ty]3e of species.) 



c. S !^d. sk. Sau Christoval, Jan. 8, Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



18oo(J.MacgiUivray). 



d 9ad.sk. Makira Harbour, San Lieut. G. E. Eichards [C.]. 



Christoval,Aug,1878. 



21. Myzomela cruentata. 



Myzomela cruentata, Meyer, Sitzungsbcr. Ak. Wien, Ixx. p. 202 



(1874) ; Beccari, Ann. Mits. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 708 ; Gould, B. 



New Gain. pt. v. pi. ; Forbes, P. Z, S. 1879, p. 269 ; Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 72 ; id. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 296. 

 Myzomela coccinea, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. IV. ii. p. lOG 



"(1877) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 72 ; id. Orn. Papuasia, 



ii. p. 290. 

 Myzomela erythrina, Ramsay, op. cit. ii. p. 107 (1877) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 440 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 72 ; id. Orn. 



Papuasia, ii. p. 297. 



Adult male. General colour of the upper and \mder parts of the 



