1879.] MR. W. A. FORBES ON THE GENUS MYZOMELA. 261 



Dr. Meyer at Menado, where it has also been obtained by Bruijn's 

 collectors ; and.from one of these specimens, kindly lent me by Count 

 balvadon, the figure is taken. As yet, I believe, it has only occurred 

 near Menado; and the young and female remain unknown, or at least 

 undescribed. 



Myzomela chloroptera resembles the Australian M. sanguinolenta, 

 but IS a smaller bird, and also differs in the smaller extent of the 

 red on the chest, and in that colour being more intense, the abdomen 

 yellower, and the wings and tail not so black. The black anteocular 

 spot is less conspicuous. 



In his original description Lord Tweeddale remarks that this bird 

 nearly resembles plate 54 of the 'Oiseaux Dores,' vol. ii., represent- 

 ing "L'Heorotaire ecarlate " from the "South Seas," taken from a 

 drawing of a bird in the Leverian Museum. The figure certainly 

 corresponds very fairly with this species, but, from the locality given, 

 is probably intended for the Australian one {M. sanguinolenta). 



4. Myzomela adolphin^. (Plate XXIV. fig. 3.) 



Myzomela adoljphince, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii p 946 

 (1875). ^* 



c? pallio, dorso superiore, alls caudague oUvaceo-fuscis, tectricibus 

 alarvm, remigibus et rectricibvs externe snbtililer olivaceo limba- 

 tis; cajnte uropygioque coccineis ; macula anteoculari nigra; 

 corpore svblus Jtavido-albido, pectore grisescenti lavato ; svbala- 

 ribus et remigum margine interna albis ; rostro nigricatiie.pedibus 

 cornels. Long. tot. circa So, al. 2-2, caud \-5, rostr. -45, 

 ta7-s. -5 (poll. Angl.). 

 2 minor, femincB Myzomelae boisei similis. 

 Hab. in montibus Arfak. 



This is one of the numerous discoveries of Beccari and Bruijn in 

 the Arfak Mountains, and only a few specimens have as yet been 

 obtained. Count Salvadori writes {I. s. c.) :— " This species resembles 

 M. erythrocephala of Gould, but differs from it in its much smaller 

 dimensions, by the very slight olive tint of the back, and by the 

 lower parts being not grey-brown, but whitish, very slightly tinged 

 wjth yellowish on the breast and abdomen." The female resembles 

 that of the Banda species (ili. boicei), but differs as pointed out under 

 that species {vide infra). 



The figure (PI. XXIV. fig. 3) represents an adult male, one of the 

 types of this species, most obligingly lent me by Count Salvadori. 



5. Myzomela boi^i. 



Myzomela boiei, Sal. Miill. Verb., Land-en Volkenk. p. 172 (1839- 

 44); id. Verb., Zool. Aves, p. 66, t. 10. figs. 1, 2. 



6 capite, dorso uropygioque coccineis, plumis ad basin nigris; ma- 

 cula a?iteoculari, alls Cauda que, cum torque pectorali nigris ,■ corpore 

 subtus griseo-albo ; subalaribus et remigum margine interna albis; 

 rostro nigro; pedibvs comeis,plantis favis. Long. al. 2-2, caud. 

 1-8, rostr. -5, tarsi -6 (poll. Jngl). 

 $ minor, capite pectoreque sordide griseis olivaceo lavatis; dorso. 



