88 ON THE GENUS MYZOMELA. 



(1848) ; Cassin, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 175, pi. 12. f. i. (1858) ; H. & E. 

 Orn. Centralpolyn. p. 56, t. 7. f. 3 and 4 Cad. and jr.). 



Myzomela rubratra, Hartl. (nee Lesson), Wiegm. Arch. 1852, p. 1.30 

 (ex Samoa). 



Myzomela cardinalis, Hartl. (nee. Gmel.), "Wiegm. Arch. 1852, p. 109. 

 " Myzomela arnouxi, Verr.," Bonaparte, C. B. xxxviii. p. 263 (1854). 

 Ad. capite, dorso uropygioque cum pectore fulgido-coccineis, plumis ad 

 basin nigris ; corpore subtus, macula anteoculari, alis caudaque nigris ; 

 remigibus interne albidis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. Long. al. 2*75, 

 caud. 1'8, rostr. '65, tars. *7 (poll. Angl.). 



Jr. olivaceo-fusca, subtus dilutior et flavido lavata ; uropygio rubro 

 tincto ; remigibus olivaceo-limbatis ; subalaribus et margine interna 

 remigum albis. 



Hab. in insulis Samoensibus. 



This species is very closely allied to M. cardinalis, which it replaces 

 in the Samoa group. The differences between the two I have pointed 

 out under the last-named species. 



Erom M. rubratra, with which it was at first confounded, both these 

 species differ in the black flanks and belly, these in M. rubratra being 

 red, only the vent and under tail-coverts being black, whilst the red 

 on the chest in all three of these species easily separates them from M. 

 lifuensis. 



M nigriventris is confined to the Samoan Islands, its reported occur- 

 rence in the Eijis being erroneous (cf. Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 391) and 

 P. Z. S. 1879, founded on a mistake of Dr. Graffe. It is apparently rather a common 

 p ' " bird in the Samoan group, occurring both on Savaii and Upolu. 



21. MYZOMELA CABDINALIS. 



Cardinal Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt, 2, p. 733, pi. 33. f. 2 (1782). 



Certhia cardinalis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 472 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 

 p. 290 (1790). 



Cardinal Honey-eater, Lath. Nat. Hist. ir. p. 199, pi. 71. f. 2 (1822). 



Myzomela cardinalis, Gray, B. Trop. Isl. p. 10 (1859) ; Tristram, Ibis, 

 1876, p. 261. 



Myzomela melanogastra, Bp. C. E. xxxviii. p. 263 (1854). 



Ad. capite, dorso uropygioque cum pectore superiore coccineis, plumis ad 

 basin nigris; macula anteoculari, alis caudaque nigris, Ms nitore 

 nonnullo metallico ; corpore subtus f uliginoso-nigro ; remigum margine 

 interna albida ; rostro pedibusque nigris. Long. al. 2' 9, caud. 2'], 

 rostr. *7, tars. '75 (poll. Angl.). 



Jr. Myz. nigriventri similis, sed supra magis brunnea, et subtus dilutior ; 

 dorso uropygioque castaneo-brunneis, nee rubris. 



Hab. in JSTovis Hebridibus. 



This Honey-eater, one of the few of this genus known to the older 



