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MELITHREPTIDiE. 
Myzomela obscura simplex Gray. (9-142.) 
Myzomela simplex Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1860, p. 349 : Batjan 
Ialand. 
Distr. —Batjan Island. 
Myzomela obscura mortyana Hart. 
Myzomela simplex mortyana Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. x. p. 56, 1903: 
Morty Ialand. 
Distr. — Morty Island. 
Myzomela obscura aruensis Kinn. 
Myzomela obscura aruensis Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xliv. 
p. 69, 1924: Aru Islands. 
Distr. — Aru Islands. 
Myzomela obscura meeki R. & H. 
Myzomela obscura meeki Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. xiv. 
p. 479, 1907 : Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea (British). 
Myzomela obscura fumata (Bp.). 
Ptilotis f umata Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. p. 392, 1850 : 
Otanata, New Guinea. 
Meliphaga ooncclor id., ib., ex Temminck, as synonym of fumata Bp. 
Distr. — New Guinea (N.W.). 
Myzomela rubrobrunnea Meyer. Blackish-brown Honey-eater. 
Distr. — Misori and Obi Islands. 
Myzomela rubrobrunnea rubrobrunnea Meyer. (9-142.) 
Myzomela rubrobrunnea Meyer, Sitzungsb. K. Ak. Miss. Mien, 
vol. lxx. p. 203, 1874 : Misori Island. (Pig* P*Z. S. 1879, pi. 24.) 
Distr. —Misori Island. 
Myzomela rubrobrunnea rubrotincta Salvad. (9-143.) 
Myzomela rubrotincta Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. xii. p. 334, 
1878 : Obi Island. 
Distr. —Obi Island. 
Myzomela nigrita Gray. 
Distr. —Aru Islands, Islands in Geelvink Bay ; and Bismarck ahd 
Louisiade Archipelago. 
Myzomela nigrita nigrita Gray. (9-139.) 
Myzomela nigrita Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1858, p. 173: Aru 
Islands. 
Distr. —Aru Islands and S.E. New Guinea. 
