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Myzomela cardinalis nigriventris Peale. 
Myzomela nigriventris Peale, U.S. Explor. Expecl., Birds, p. 150, 1848 : 
Upolu, Samoa. (Fig. Cassin* pi. 12. fig. 1.) 
Myzomela artiouxi Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. vol. xxxviii. p. 263, 1854, as 
synonym of nigriventris. 
Distr .— Samoa (Upolu and Tutuila). 
Myzomela lifuensis Lay. (9-132.) 
Myzomela lifuensis Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 258 : Lifu. 
Distr. — Lifu, Loyalty Islands. 
Myzomela jugularis Peale. 
Myzomela jugularis Peale, U.S. Explor. Exped., Birds, p. 150, 1848 : 
Vanua Levu, Fiji Islands. (Fig. Cassin, pi. 12. fig. 2.) 
Myzomela solilaria Pucheran, Voy. Polo Sud, Zool. vol. iii. p. 99, 1853 (pi 22. 
fig- 6)» ex Hombron et Jacquinot MS. : “ Solomon Islands,” error = Vanua 
Levu. 
Distr . — Fiji Islands (Vanua Levu and Ovalu) (Matuka, Komo, 
Maola, Vatua Vat a, and Kambara). 
Myzomela rubratra (Less.). Scarlet Honey-eater. 
Distr. — Caroline, Pelew, and Solomon Islands. 
Myzomela rubratra rubratra (Less.). (9-129.) 
Cinnyris rubraier Lesson, Diet. Sci. Nat. vol. 1. p. 30, Nov. 24th. 1827 : 
Oualan, Caroline Islands. 
Myzomela major Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xxxviii. pi. 204, 
1854: Caroline Islands. 
Distr. —Caroline Islands (Oualan). 
Myzomela rubratra dichrcmata (Wetm.). 
Myzomela rubrata dichromata Wetmore, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 
vol. lxiii. no. 4, p. 220,1919 : Ponape, Caroline. 
Distr . — Caroline Islands (Ponape). 
Myzomela rubratra wetmorei Mom. 
Myzomela rubratra wetmorei Momiyama, Birds Micron, p. 15, 
1922 : Ruk Island, Middle Carolines. 
Distr . — Caroline Islands (Ruk). 
Myzomela rubratra kurodai Mom. 
Myzomela rubratra kurodai Momiyama, Birds Micron, p. 17, 1922 : 
Yap Islands, Western Caroline. 
Distr. — Caroline Islands (Yap). 
