( 5fi ) 



a nnrrow rosy-red band across the cliest. lii .1/. simplex simplex there are some- 

 times light reddish edges to some of the cliest-feathers, but they are paler and less 

 conspic.nons than in this Mort\- bird. The abdomen and back of the Morty bird are 

 also somewhat darker, more washed with soot-eolonr. Size like that of males of 

 .1/. simple.,- simple.,- : wing (i:! mm. I jn-opose to call the Morty form 

 .]f,/:omelri simple.r morti/(tmi snbsp. nov. 



Type of ^^yzOl»ela .•<iiii/ile.r mortyuna : No. M. 50, Morty Island, T)nraas coll., 

 in Mus. Rothschild. 



(Presumably an adult male, but sex not marked by the collector.) 



70. Myzomela batjanensis sp. nov. 



S ad. My:::omela capite, colic, tergo medio, nropygio, snpracaudalibns rnbris ; 

 loris macula nigra ; alis nigris, remignm tectricumque majorum pogoniis externis 

 flavidis, remigum pogoniis internis albo marginatis ; pectore olivascente ; abdomine 

 albescente, olivaceo tincto ; subeandalilius olivaceis, flavescente marginatis; cauda 

 m'gra ; subalaribus albis. Al. .57—58, cand. 38— 4(), rostr. 13i —14, tars. 14 — 15 mm. 

 J juv. Notaeo olivaceo-brunneo, uropygio subcaudalibnsque rubro interspersis ; 

 fronte, mento, regione malari rubris ; gastraeo jiallide flavescente, jugulo peetoreque 

 cinereo tinctis. 



Hab. In montibus insnlae Batjan dictae. 



This new form of the beautiful genus My.:omel.a is above coloured like 

 M. elilorojitei-d, M. sanguinolenta, M. boiei, and it will probably be best to consider 

 these all as subspecies of one form ; but I cannot conclude about this without a 

 closer study than I can at present atl'ord. 



The most similar form to my M. batjanensis is M. chloroptera of (.Celebes; but 

 the latter is easily distinguished by the greater extension of the red below, wliere 

 it covers the entire chest, and the red of M. chloroptera is not quite so deep. From 

 ,1/. boiei the new form differs by the absence of the black antepectoral band, and 

 by the better development of the yellowish edges to the outer webs of the quills. 

 From J/, sangtdnolenta it likewise differs by the lesser extent of the red underneath, 

 only the throat being red, while J/, simgiiinolenta has the whole breast overspread 

 with red, also the abdomen much more whitish. 



Mr. Waterstradt found M. batjanensis only on the mountains between 50t)U and 

 T'loo ft. Doherty did not come across it. 



Type of M. batjanensis: S ad., Batjan, June 1902, 5000—7000 ft. above the 

 sea, No, " B. 579 " Waterstradt coll., in Mus. Rothschild. 



71. ? Philemon fuscicapillus (Wall.). 



According to Finsch {JVei/(/iiinen p. 1(15) and Gray's llandli.^t this species 

 occurs on Batjan, )int as apparently no collector has yet found it there, these 

 statements require confirmation. 



72. Melitograis gilolensis (Bp.). 



Trn])ith!rhii>ii-hus qildUnsU Bonaparte, C'oii.yi. Ar. i. p. 349(1850; Gilolo = Halmahera, descriptio 

 pe&iima). 



Batjan : AVallace, Guillemard, Platen, Doherty, Waterstradt. Waterstradt's 

 birds are ])artly marked "51)00—7000 ft.," while Doherty stated no elevation, 

 conseijuently lie must have got them in the lowlands, 



