116 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [Mar. 6, 



being black ; the wings, the tail, and the preocular spot are black ; 

 the upper wiug-coverts are black viith a scarlet baud on the outer 

 webs nearly in the middle, but not extending to the extremity of the 

 feather ; the iuner margins of the remiges are white ; the irides are 

 rich brown ; the edges of the lower maxilla yellow ; tongue yellow ; 

 legs and feet yellowish green ; soles yellow. 



The young male is at first almost entirely greyish brown ; the 

 throat is pale grey ; but quite below the maxilla and under the eyes 

 the orange-red colour indicates the coming scarlet ; the back is 

 greyish brown, but of a deeper colour in the uropygial region ; the 

 wings and the tail are brownish grey ; the breast and under tail- 

 coverts greenish fulvous ; the margins of the. upper wing-coverts pale 

 fawn-colour with, in some lights, reflections of red ; the margins of 

 the remiges are olive-grey; the throat, the front of the head, the 

 breast, and the uropygial region are the first to assume the scarlet 

 colour of the adult ; the angle of the wing has a dirty-white spot, 

 which, with the olive-grey margins of the remiges, are the last to 

 change to black. 



The description of M.jmsilla, as given on page 2/6 of the P. Z. S. 

 for 1879 by Mr. Vi^. A. Forbes, might apply to the bird under 

 remark ; but as I have access to no library here, and have no speci- 

 mens with which to compare my skins, I have not the means of 

 satisfactorily determining them. Should this turn out to be a new 

 species, it might bear the name of Myzomela wakoloensis. 



At all events I am happy in being able to extend our knowledge 

 of the distribution of this lovely genus to the Ceram group. 



Amboina, December 15, 1882. 



4. On the Geckos of New Caledonia. 

 By G. A. BouLENGER, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived February 26, 1883.] 



(Plates XXI. & XXII.) 



The object of this paper is to serve as a guide to the identification 

 of the Geckonidse of New Caledonia, and to put order into their 

 synonymy. As may be seen from the following bibliographical list, 

 a good deal has been written on the subject before ; but, in their 

 endeavours to identify the species described by them with those de- 

 scribed by j\I. Bavay, the subsequent authors have in many cases 

 added to the confusion. Having, through the kindness of Alessrs. 

 Bavay, Barboza du Bocage, and Sauvage, enjoyed the advantage of 

 studying the typical specimens described by those gentlemen, which 

 seemed to require reexamination, I have arrived at such results as will 

 be of some use to the student of the New-Caledonian fauna and to 

 herpetologists generally ; for a glance at the synonymies of the species 

 will show how great was the confusion. Without bringing together 

 and comparing carefully the typical specimens in the museums of 



