17. MELIDECTKS, 285 



Adult. General colour of all the upper and under parts of the 

 body brownish black, more inclining to blackish brown on the lower 

 back and upper tail-coverts ; wings and the four middle pairs of the 

 tail-feathers entirely black ; the two outer pairs of tail-feathers 

 black at the basal half, white at the terminal half, the shafts and a 

 sraall spot at the tip black ; outer webs white and yellow ; under 

 tail-coverts and a very large tuft of long fluffy feathers on each side 

 of the chest golden yellow ; bill and feet black. Culmen 1-1 inch, 

 wing 3-9, tail •i-2-5-1, tarsus 1-25-1-35. 



Bab. Sandwich Islands. 



a. c? ad. sk, Hilo, Owhvhee. Vov. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



b. Ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. J. Gould, Esq. 



2. Moho apicalis. 



Yellow-tufted Bee-eater, Diron's Voy. pi. 19, p. 357 (1789). 

 Moho apicalis, Guuld, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 381 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. Ill, no. 1410; &•/. Ihis, 1871, p. 358, 1879, p. 93. 



Adult. General colour of upper and under parts black ; all the 

 tail-feathers, with the exception of the central pair, with white tips ; 

 central pair of tail-feathers very much pointed, and bent upwards 

 at the terminal third ; under wing-coverts white ; axillaries, large 

 pectoral tufts, a few feathers on the flanks, and the under tail- 

 coverts bright yellow ; bill and feet black-brown ; iris reddish 

 brown. Culmen 1-15-1-4 inch, wing 4-4-6, tail 5-6, tarsus 

 1-25-1-4. 



Hah. Sandwich Islands. 



Capt. Lord Byron [P.]. 



«) *• [ c? $ ] ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. J. Gould, Esq. 



c. [ c? ] ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. Capt. Lord Bv] 



17. MELIDECTES. 



Type 

 Melidoctes, Scl Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. G94 M. torquatus. 



Bill longer than the rest of the head, curved. Nostrils opercu- 

 lated, not covered with feathers. First primary long. Tip of wino- 

 formed by the th rd to sixth primaries. Secondaries four fifths o1 

 length of whole wing. Tail strongly rounded, slightly longer than 

 the wing. Scales on front of tarsus almost fused. Anterior claws 

 and toes very short. Inner edge of quills fulvous. 



Rancje. New Guinea. 



Melidectes torquatus. 



Melidectea torquatus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 694, pi. .55 ; Mei/( 

 Ak. Wiss. Wieti, Ixx. p. 128; Salvad. Ann. Mtis. Civ. 

 p. 146, xvi. p. 75 ; Gould, B. New Guin. pt. iv. pl. 7 ; 



Meyer, Sitzb. 



'^ Gen. X. 



Salvad. 



