(217) 



1 <?, Wauambai, Kobruor, 1. ix. lOOo. H. Kiihn coll., No. 2322. "Iris cofiFee- 

 brown, bill and feet black."' 



I ?, Sg. Bark, Kobroor, 26. viii. I'.MIO. H. Killin coll., No. 2324. 

 1 <S, " Arn," bought of Gerrard in Loudon. 



12. Pristorhamphus versteri Finsch. 



PristorhamjiJiua versteri Finsch, Prnc. Zuol. Son. 1875. p. CA2 (Arfak). 



1 S ad., without locality. 



2 c? ad., 1 ?, Kotoi district, Mts. British New Guinea, " 11,UU0 ft.," August 

 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



1 cJ ad., •' Eafa district, Mts. Britisli New Guinea, KiiKi— 3oi)ij ft." Purchased 

 from Mcllwraith and McEacliarn in London. 



1 (?, " Amberuoli River." J. M. Dumas coll. (Ex Duivenbode.) 



1 S ad., Mt. Knutsford, " 11,000 ft.," 20. viii. 1898. A. S. Anthony coll. 



It is most remarkable that the ? bas a thicker bill and longer wing. Wing 

 in <S 63, in ? 70 mm. The same is the case in the British Museum specimens. 

 Dr. Sharpe measures the wing of the S 2'4.t in., tliat of the ? 2'6ij in. 



XXII. The Genus MYZOMELA. 

 1. Myzomela rubrater (Less.). 



C'miiyriii rubrater Lesson, Voy. Coqii. Zmd. i. p. 078 (182() : Mariannes). 



11 J(?, 5 ? ?, Ruck Island, 1895—1896. A. Owston's Jap. coll. 

 13 c?(?, 6 ? ?, Guam Island, 1894—189.5. A. Owston's Jap. coll. 

 3 JcJ, Saipan Island, isO-'i. A. Owston's .Jap. coll. 



1 S, Kusliai, 29. i. Is90. 



2 c?cJ, Yap Island, 2. ix. ISTO. Kubary coll. (Ex Mus. Godeffroy, No. 

 4059— both.) 



1, Pelew Islands, evidently Kubary coll. (Purchased from Gerrard.) 



1 6, Agrigan Island, Mariannes, December 1888. Marche coll., No. 5717. 



2. Myzomela rubrater pulcherrima Rams. 



Jli/znmelii ptilclierrhna Ramsay, Pror. Linn. Soe. N. S. W. vi. p. 179 (1881 ; Ugi). 



1 S ad., Ugi, 5. ix. 1896. (!. M. Woodford coll. " Iris brown " (No. 134). 

 1 cJ, Ugi. Lieut. Richards coll. 



This form, in spite of its widely different geographical range, only differs from 

 M. r. rubrater in its lighter red, and therefore we can only treat it as a subspecies. 



3. Myzomela cardinalis cardinalis ((im ). 



Cerlhiii rarilimilis Gmelin, Si/st. l\at. i. p. 472 (1788 : ex Latham, Tanna ins.). 



1 6 ad., Anciteum, New Hebrides, 1S8I. E. L. Layard coll. " iris dark 

 brown." 



2 (probably ? ? ), " New Hebrides." 



