186 Canou Tristram on Birds from 



6. Myzomela lifuensis, sp. nov. 



M. c? nigerrimus ; capite, thorace, tcrgo et uropygio coccineis, 

 liuca oculari ad nares nigra, rostro peclibusque nigris. 

 5 tota fusca, fronte et giila rul)i(lis. Long, tot, 4'25, 

 alse 2'3, caud. 1'9, rostr. a rictu 65. 

 This beautiful little species^ which Mr. Layard (Ibis, 1878, 

 p. 288) rightly conjectured would prove to be new, is, in its 

 coloration, like M. nigriventris of Samoa and M. cardinalis 

 of New Hebrides. It is, however, much the smallest of the 

 group, the New-Hebridean bird being the largest, and dif- 

 fers from its congeners in the red of the throat and neck not 

 extending to the breast_, while the line of demarcation be- 

 tween the red and black is sharply drawn. In M. cardinalis 

 the colours are confluent. 



7. ZOSTEROPS MELANOPS, G. R. Gr. 



This, one of the most beautiful of the family, seems to be 

 extremely scarce. The contrast of the black head and broad 

 white eye-circle is very striking. 



8. ZosTEROPs MiNUTA, Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 259. (Plate 

 IV. fig. 1.) 



9. ZosTEROPS iNORNATA, Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 259. (Plate 

 IV. fig. 2.) 



We have at length received the types of these two species, 

 of which the Editors have kindly granted fignres. Z. minuta 

 is a very typical Zosterojjs, a miniature representative of Z. 

 flavifrons of New Hebrides. Z. inornata may be considered 

 the giant of this numerous family, and, from the very small 

 amount of m hite round the eye, seems to have a strong ten- 

 dency to escape towards the Glycyphila. 



I append a note of Mr. Layard^s, just received, on these 

 two species. 



" The acquisition of additional specimens of our new little 

 Zosterops minuta enables us to add something to the descrip- 

 tion previously given. It, too, is an interesting intermediate 

 species between the bird Ave identify as Z, flavifrons of Vate 

 and Z. xanthochroa of New Caledonia. It has the brighter 

 yellow-green back and Insight yellow of the undcrparts of the 



