^^"'•-1 OF THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 553 



lateralibus alhis, mediis ad basin et ad apicem nigris ; subalari- 

 bus atbis; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tola 5-8. alee 32, caudc 

 l-^,rem. quarto et quinto cequalibus et lonaissimis. 

 Hab. Ins. Admiralitatis. 



05^ Species forma et habitu, ut videtur, M. loricati, sed pectore 

 nigro et alarum tectricibus albis distinguenda P^i-iore 



A single specimen of this species (no. 497) was « shot on the main 

 Island ; insects in stomach. Unfortunately it is in a very imper- 

 fect state, thebdland greater part of the tail-foathers havin™been 

 shot away. It IS ;,o..i6/. that the two centre tail-feathers^which 

 are apparently absent may be wholly black as in M. loricatus ■ the 

 three outer ones are wholly white. ' 



4. Philemon albitoruues, sp. nov. 



Supra obscure fuscus,plumis subtus cinereis ; alis caudaque niqri- 

 cantioribus ; fasca cervicis postica et toto corpore subtus cdbi, 

 cineraceoadumbratis ; capitis plumis brevibus, riyidiuscuUsJronte 

 Ions et oculorum ambitu fere denudatis ; subalaribus cum ventre 

 concoloribus ; rostro nigricanti-corneo, mandibula inferiore ad 

 basin flava; pedibus obscure ciiiereis : long, tota 13-5 aU 7-S 

 Cauda rectr. lat. 4-2, med. bb, tarsi 2-0. 



Hab. Ins. Admirahtatis, 



Obs. Species torque colli postico insignis, rostro ad basin paulum 

 incrassato et tumido, pedibus robustis. pauium 



WitdlslanV"^""^^' ""^ ^^"' ^"' Honeyeater (no. 481 ) was " shot on 



"Female: eyes brown ; feet grey; bill dark, base of the lower 

 mandible yelfow : stomach had grasshoppers 



bu; murhfou'd^.'W. T' ''^ ^'^ '^-^1^-head'" of Australia, 



.n?^f^fl.'^T™f" '"i^^JjIu'"?' ^""^^ "'^ ^'"g- ^"d tail-foathers beinc 

 not fully developed. The breast is slightly stained with yellow, as 

 IS often the case with the Meliphagidse. 



5. Nectarinia frenata, Miiller. 



Four examples (487, male; 488, male; 489, female; and 490 



range. P Z. S. 18/7, p. 104). Mr. Murray notes, "eyes hazel" 

 None of the specimens are in full dress. ^ 



6. Myzomela pammel^na, sp. nov. 



Nigerrima remigum marginibns internis cineraceo-albidis. rostro 

 ^[Pefbus nigris: long, tota 5-0, ala 27. caudce 2-0. 

 Hab. Ins. Admiralitatis. 



05«. Affinis M.nigrit^e, sed crassitie majore, rostro londore et 

 subalaribus mgris diversa. 'ungiore et 



, Two specimens of this apparently new Myzomela (491, 492) are 

 in the collection The one described (491) is marked "male eves 

 hazel, and is evidently adult. In the other (492), apparency you J' 

 I. e. Philemon (sive Tropidorhynchus) co-rniculafus. 



