182 Canon Tristram on Birds from 



this group is in sad confusion. We require more data as 

 to age and sex before we can satisfactorily decide on the varia- 

 tions and gradations of phimage in these birds. 



9. Glycyphila fasciata (Forst.). 



10. Glycyphila chloroph^a (Forst.) =modesta, G. R. Gr. 

 = caledonica, G. E,. Gr. 



11. Philemon lessoni, G. R. Gr. 



12. Myzomela caledonica, Forbes, P. Z. S. March 4th, 

 1879. 



The New-Caledonian bird has always hitherto been iden- 

 tified with M. sanguinolenta. Lath. ; but on comparison I find 

 certain apparently constant differences : e. g. the bill is con- 

 siderably longer than in the Australian specimens ; and in 

 none of the four examples before me is there any trace of the 

 buffy white margins of the upper wing-coverts so conspicuous 

 in the Australian birds. While these pages are passiug 

 through the press, Mr. Forbes writes to me that he considers 

 the New-Caledonian bird sufficiently distinct to entitle it to 

 recognition, and that he has described it a recent meeting 

 of the Zoological Society of London. 



13. ZOSTEROPS XANTHOCHROA, G. R. Gr. 



14. TuRDus xANTHopus, Forst. 



In this Thrush there is a tendency to assume a darker plu- 

 mage on the head than on the rest of the upper parts of the 

 body. In some individuals it almost approaches a dark cap. 

 The female has the lower parts a shade lighter than the male. 

 The length o£ the wing varies much in individuals, to the 

 extent of half an inch. 



15. Gerygone flavolateralis (G. R. Gr.). 



16. MyIAGRA VIRIDINITENS, G. R. Gr. 



Represented by allied species in all the neighbouring groups, 

 as are also the following species. 



17. Myiagra caledonica, Bp. 



18. Rhipidura bulgeri, Layard. 



19. Rhipidura verreauxi, Marie. 



20. Eopsaltria flavigastra, Verr. & D^sm. 



