Compendium der neu beschriebeneu Gattungen und Arien. 415 



light yellow, washed with olive near tlie edgc of the wing; quills 

 duU brown below, yellowisb bulf along tlie edge of the inner web. 



Tot. lengtb 5,8; culm 0,7; wing 2,7 ; tail 2,4; tars. 0,75 incbes. 



Hab.: Gold Coast. 



Fam. METJFHAGIDAE. 



869. Melilestes poliopterus. 



R. B. Sharp e, Journ. Liun. Soc. Zool. Vol. IG. 1882. p. dl8. 



Affinis M. novae gidneae, sed alis et pileo plumbeis et macula 

 guttural! flava distinguendus. . 



Long. tot. 4,4; culm. 1,2; alae 2,05; caudae 1,55; tarsi 0,7. 



Hab.: S. E. New Guinea. 



370. Mi/zornela erythr omelas. . 

 T. Salvador!, Atti R. Ac. Sc. Torino. Vol. 16. 29. Mai 



1881. p. 624. , . , . , , 



Nigerrima; capite et collo rubris; Ions et plumis palpebra- 

 libus nlgris ; subalaribus nigris ; rostro nigro, pedibus, ut videtur, 



plumbeis. ^ . r. r.-, 4 



L. t. 0,100; al. 0,003; caud. 0,034; rostri 0,012; tarsi 0,014 m. 

 Hab.: Nova ßritannia. 



371. Myzomela Forbesi 



E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linu. Soc. N. S. Wales. Vol. 4. Pt. 4. 



Dec. 1879. p. 469. . . • t 



The whole of the upper and under surface and margms ot 

 the Shoulders below, jet black; under wing-coverts and margms 

 of the inner webs of the quills, except the tips, white; on the 

 front of the head a somewhat Square shaped patch of rieh 



erimson. ^ . . , . -i i r. 



Total length from tip of the bill 4,4 mches; wmg 2,4; tail 1,7 ; 

 tarsus 0,6; bill from forehead 0,8; from nostril 0,5; from gape 0,75. 



Hab.: Woodlark Island. 



872. Myzomela pulcherrijna. 



E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. Vol. 6. 



The whole of the head, neck, ehest, breast and sides of the 

 body as far down as the flanks, tbe central portion of the inter- 

 scapular region, back, rump, and upper tail-coverts rieh deep 

 erimson; a spot in front of tbe eye, the lower part of the llanks 

 central portion of the abdomen, under tail-coverts, wmgs and tail 

 above and below, and the upper wing-coverts black ; the basal 

 portion of the inner webs of the primaries and secondaries below 

 of an ashy tint, under wing-coverts blackish-brown. 



Total length 4,9; wing 2,6; tail 1,75; tarsus 0,7; bill trom 

 forehead 0,85. 



Hab.: Ugi, Solomon Islands. _ 



373. Myzomela Tristrami. 



E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. VoL 6. p. liS. 



Of a uniform jet black colour; slightly sbining; on the under 

 surface of the wing the primaries show a margin of ashy white 



