15 



The figures in parenthesis refer to the exceptional larger im- 

 mature examples. 



Myzomela rubratra wetmorei, subsp. nov. 

 (Meliphagidse). 



M. rubratra Wiglesworth, Aves Polyn, i^gi, p. 31 (part.); M. mbraia (nee. Less) 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. vii, 1900, p. 2; Kuroda, "Dobutsugaku Zasshi " ( = Tokio Zool. 

 Mag.), Vol. xxvii, 1915, p. 28; Takatsukasa & Kuroda, "Tori", Vol. i, No. 2, 1915, p. 55; 

 iid., op. cit., p. 64 (part.!); Kuroda, " Dobutsugaku Zasshi", Vol. xxviii, 1916, p. 71 

 (part.); M. r. rabratra (nec Less.), Wetmore, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. Ixiii, 1919, p. 

 219 (not typical!). 



-^ ad. — Similar to M. r. rubratra (Lesson) from Kusaie is- 

 land, but distinguishable from it by the bill being smaller and shorter, 

 the length of culmen and bill from gape not exceeding 20.5mm., 

 and by the scailet colour of body being somewhat paler and ap- 

 proaching vermilion. It differs from M. r. dicliroinata Wetmore* 

 by the vermilion colour being less prominent. 



Type. — Adult male. Uman, Ruk Islands, one of the small 

 groups of Middle Carolines. June 2, 1919. Momiyama's collection 

 no. 154. 



Iris turner-brown ; bill black ; foot blackish-slate ; claw black. 



Habitat. — Ruk Islands, Middle Carolines. 



Measurements. 



* Type locally and Habitat — Ponape, Eastern Carolines (Alexander, Wetmore, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoo!., Vol. Ix ii. No. 4, Aug., 1919, p. 220). 



