Ortrif/io/ogisfs' C/uh. 801 



Edoliosoma rostratum, sp. n, 



J" ad. Bluish slate-colour ; ear-coverts darker, almost 

 black ; lores, chin, and line at gape black. Wings black, 

 inner webs very broadly white, outer webs bordered with the 

 colour of the back, but lighter. Central rectrices slaty-grey 

 like the back, black along the shaft, broadly tipped with 

 black ; the other rectrices black with narrow grey tips, the 

 outermost pair broadly tipped with grey. Bill very large 

 and strongly hooked. Wing 135, tail 115, culmen from base 

 43-44, bill from nostril to tip 20*5-21 mm. 



$ ad. Above greyish brown, the crown bluish ash; a narrow 

 pale rufous superciliary line. Broad stripe behind eye and 

 lores blackish grey ; ear-coverts pale rusty brown, with dark 

 greyish stripes. Remiges blackish, outer Avebs narrowly, 

 inner webs broadly, bordered with pale cinnamon. Central 

 rectrices pale greyish brown, narrowly tipped with pale 

 cinnamon ; the rest blackish brown, broadly tipped with 

 cinnamon. Underside pale cinnamon, the sides of neck and 

 breast more or less barred with black. 

 Hab. Rossel Island. 



Myzomela albigula, sp. n. 



J ad. Above dark greyish black, the liead and upper tail- 

 coverts with slightly paler edges to the feathers. Tail 

 blackish brown. Remiges blackish brown, outwardly nar- 

 rowly edged with dusty grey ; inner webs with broad pale 

 ashy-white borders. Chin and throat pale brownish grey, 

 with a short, more or less indistinct, dark red line on 

 the lower margin. Chest dark ashy brown; remainder of 

 underparts a little paler ashy brown, most of the feathers 

 with slightly paler edges, thus producing a faintly streaked 

 appearance. Under wing-coverts whitish grey. Bill, legs, 

 and feet black. Wing 75, tail 58, culmen from forehead 

 23"5, tarsus 20 mm. 



? ad. Smaller and paler, the abdomen almost whitish ; 

 throat whitish, in sharp contrast to the dark chest. Wing 

 68, tail 53, culmen 21 mm. 



Hab. Rossel Island. 



