1. MTZOMELA. 143 



Like M. simplex in coloration, but the dull carmine colour is 

 slightly more developed on the wiug and tail and likewise extends 

 over the wing-coverts and most feathers of the lower back and rump ; 

 the feathers of the head in some specimens more or less edged with 

 dull vinous. Wii:g 2-4 inches, tail 1-8. 



Female. Resembling the male, but slightly more dull-coloured and 

 a little smaller in its dimensions. 



Hah. Island of Misori in the Bay of Geelvink. 



Subspecies /3. Myzomela rubrotincta. 



Myzomela rubrotincta, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 344 

 (1878), xvi. p. 73; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 269; Salvad. Orn. 

 Papuasia, ii. p. 305. 



Specimens from Obi Island are somewhat intermediate between 

 M. simplex and M. ruhrohrunnca. Wings, tail, and back washed with 

 dull carmine ; the rich colouring on the breast, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts is much less distinct. Wing 2-65 inches, tail 1-9, tarsus 

 0*8. (Salvadori.) 



26. Myzomela cineracea. 



Myzomela cineracea, Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 448, pi. 37. fig. 1, 1880, 

 p. 65 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 73 ; id. Orn^ Papuasia, 

 ii. p. 304 ; id. Atti R. Accad. Sci. Toritio, xvi. p. 624 (1881) ; 

 Eeichen. ^ Schalow, J.f. 0. 1880, p. 197; Gould, B. New Guin. 

 pt. xii. 



Adult male. General colour above uniformly dark brownish o-rev • 

 vmderparts paler ; under wing-coverts and inner margin of quills 

 white. Bill and feet black. 



The second specimen in the British Museum is marked female. 

 It is considerably smaller than the male, and has the feathers of the 

 upper throat and chin faintly washed with dull carmine. 



c? . Culmen 1-0 inch, wing 2-9, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-78. 



2- „ 0-95 „ „ 2-5, „ 2-0, „ 0-72. 



Mab. New Britain. 



a,b. d 2 ad. sk. New Britain. Eev. G. Brown [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 c. 5 ad. sk. !\ e-vf Bntam {Kleinsc/midt). Museum Godeffi-oy. 



27. Myzomela obscura. 



Myzomela ob?cura, Gotdd, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 136 ; id. B. Amir 

 pi. (i7 ; Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 118; Bp. C. A. i. p. 395; Beichenb. 

 T Off. Neuholl. p. 351 ; id. Handb. spec. Orn. i. p. 115, pi. 486 

 figs. 3435-36; Bp. C. B. xxxviii. p. 264; Gould, Handb. B 

 Austr. i. p. 559 ; Biggies, Orn. Austral, pi. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Gen. ix. p. 32, xii. p. 334, xvi. p. 73 ; S/iarpe, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. xiii. p. 496 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. K. S. TV. ii. p. 190 

 iii. p. 110, iv. p. 100; Salvad. P. Z. S. 1878, p. lib-, Forbes 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p, 268 ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 303. ' 



Ptilotis fumata, S. Miill. in Mus. Lugd. {teste Salvad.); Bp. C. A.\. 

 p. 392; Sclat. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 157; Gray,P.Z.S.\shB 



