NO. 15 BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC WAR AREA BAKER 21 



MYZOMELA LAFARGEI LAFARGEI Pucheran 



Mycomela lafargci Pucheran, Voy. Pole Sud, Zool., vol. 3, 1853, p. 98. (Ysabel 

 Island.) 



BougainAJlIe Island: Cape Torokina — i male, i juvenile male, 

 October 14, 26. 



MYZOMELA MELANOCEPHALA (Ramsay) 



Ciiinyris mclanocephahis Ramsay, Nature, vol. 20, June 5, 1879, p. 125 ("Gua- 

 dalcana" = Guadalcanal.) 



Guadalcanal Island: Lunga Point — 2 males, November 14, 15; 

 Doma Cove — ^i male, December 15. 



All specimens were in molt when collected. 



NECTARINIA JUGULARIS FLAVIGASTER Gould 



Ncctarinia flavigastra Goui.d, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1843, p. 104. (New 

 Ireland.) 



Guadalcanal Island: Lunga Point — i male, 2 unsexed (female 

 plumage), November 15, 16, 20. 



DICAEUM AENEUM BECKI Hartert 



Dicacum acncum bccki Hartert, Anier. AIus. Novit., No. 364, 1929, p. 9. (Gua- 

 dalcanar.) 



Guadalcanal Island: Lunga Point — i unsexed (alcoholic), Novem- 

 ber 17; Doma Cove — i unsexed, December 24. 



DICAEUM AENEUM AENEUM Pucheran 



Dicacum acncum Pucheran, Voy. Pole Sud, Zool., vol. 3, 1853, p. 97. ("San 

 Jorge" = St. George Island, Solomon Islands.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — 4 males, i female, i juvenile 

 male, September it, 19, October 20, 21, 31, November i. 



ZOSTEROPS METCALFEI EXIGUA Murphy 



Zosterops mctcaljei exigua Murphy, Amer. Mus. Novit, No. 365, 1929, p. 5. 

 (Shortland Island, Solomon Group.) 



Bougainville Island: Cape Torokina — 3 males, 3 females, Sep- 

 tember 14, October 25, 26, 31. 



One bird taken in October was in molt. 



