80 ON THE GENUS MYZOMELA. 



Fusco-nlgr leans, capite supra macula magna, gula et uropygio san- 

 guineis ; abdomine, subcaudalibus, subalaribus, et margine remigum 

 interna albis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus plumbeis. Long. al. 2'2, caud. 2, 

 rostr. '5, tars. '53 (poll. Angl.). 

 Hdb. in insula Timor. 



This very distinct species is confined to the island of Timor. It is 

 somewhat allied to M. boicei and erythrocephala, but is at once distin- 

 guished from both by the red on the head being confined to the vertex 

 and throat, and by the much darker tint of that colour. The female is 

 similar to the male, but smaller, with the colours less distinct. The 

 irides are reddish brown (Sal. Mutter). 



P.Z.S. 1879, 8. MYZOMELA JUGTJLAEIS. 



p ' 264> Myzomela jugularis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 151, t. 41. f. 2 (1848) ; 



Cassin, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 176, t. 12. f . 2 (jr.) (1858) ; H. & F. Orn. 

 Centr.-Pol. p. 54, t. 7. figs. 1, 2 (ad. et jr.). 



Myzomela solitaria, Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 99, 

 Atlas, t. 22. f. 6 (1853). 



Ad. fusco-nigricans, subtus Jlavescenti-albida, mento, gula, maculaque 

 magna occipitali cum uropygio coccineis ; gutture croceo-Jlavo ; remigi- 

 bus, primis duobus exceptis, et tectricibus alarum majoribus flavido 

 marginatis ; rectricibus, duabus mediis exceptis, tectricibusque alee 

 minoribus nonnullis ad apicem albis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus cornels. 

 Long. al. 2'45, caud. 1-6, rostr. *6, tarsi '55 (poll. Angl.). 

 Jr. macula occipitali nulla, gutture sordide flavo, et uropygio brunneo- 



olivaceo distinguenda. 

 Hab. in insulis Vitiensibus. 



This Myzomela hardly admits of being mistaken for any other species. 

 It is perhaps most nearly related to M. lafargii of the Solomon Islands, 

 but is at once distinguishable from that species by the red throat and 

 orange-yellow chest, besides other differences. The red of the throat is 

 separated from the yellow of the chest by a distinct though narrow 

 black line. The red on the back appears last, that on the chin first. In 

 not fully plumaged birds the rump and lower back are olivaceous. The 

 sexes when adult are nearly alike, the female being only distinguishable 

 by the colours being less bright. Very often, too, though not always, 

 the red occipital spot is absent in the female. 



Mr. Murray records the iris as " black," Mr. Layard as " brown," the 

 legs being " verditer " and " dark livid " in the living bird, with the soles 

 of the feet yellow. 



This bird is entirely confined to the Pijis, where, according to Mr. 

 Layard's list (Ibis, 1876, p. 391), it is found in all the larger islands of 

 that group * ; and in addition to the islands enumerated by him, speci- 



* See also P. Z. S. 1875, p. 431, for an interesting account of its habits. 



