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Show 1877.] OF THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. 553 lateralibus albis, mediis ad basin et ad apicem nigris; subalaribus albis; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 5*8, alee 3*2, caudce 2*8, rem. quarto et quinto eequalibus et longissimis. Hab. Ins. Admiralitatis. Obs. Species forma et habitu, ut videtur, M. loricati, sed pectore nigro et alarum tectricibus albis distinguenda. A single specimen of this species (no. 497) was " shot on the main Island ;" insects in stomach. Unfortunately it is in a very imperfect state, the bill and greater part of the tail-feathers having been shot away. It is possible that the two centre tail-feathers, which are apparently absent, may be wholly black as in M. loricatus ; the three outer ones are wholly white. 4. PHILEMON ALBITORQUES, sp. nov. Supra obscure fuscus, plumis subtus cinereis ; alis caudaque nigri-cantioribus ; fascia cervicis postica et toto corpore subtus albis cineraceo adumbratis ; capitis plumis brevibus, rigidiusculis, fronte loris et oculorum ambitu fere denudatis; subalaribus cum ventre concoloribus; rostro nigrjcanti-corneo, mandibula inferiore ad basin flava ; pedibus obscure cinereis : long, tota 13*5, alee 7*3, caudee rectr. lat. 4*2, med. 5*5, tarsi 2*0. Hab. Ins. Admiralitatis. Obs. Species torque colli postico insignis, rostro ad basin paulum incrassato et tumido, pedibus robustis. A single example of this fine Honeyeater (no. 481) was " shot on Wild Island." "Female: eyes brown; feet grey; bill dark, base of the lower mandible yellow : stomach had grasshoppers. "This bird made a noise like the 'Leather-head'1 of Australia, but much louder."-J. M. The specimen is moulting, both new wing- and tail-feathers being not fully developed. The breast is slightly stained with yellow, as is often the case with the Meliphagidae. 5. NECTARINIA FRENATA, Miiller. Four examples (487, male; 488, male; 489, female; and 490, female) of this rather widely spread Sun-bird (see remarks as to range, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 104). Mr. Murray notes, "eyes hazel." None of the specimens are in full dress. 6. MYZOMELA PAMMEL^ENA, sp. nov. Nigerrima, remigum marginibus internis cineraceo-albidis, rostro et pedibus nigris : long, lota 5*0, alee 27, caudce 2*0. Hab. Ins. Admiralitatis. Obs. Affinis M. nigritee, sed crassitie majore, rostro longiore et subalaribus nigris diversa. Two specimens of this apparently new Myzomela (491, 492) are in the collection. The one described (491) is marked "male, eyes hazel," and is evidently adult. In the other (492), apparently young, 1 I. e. Philemon (siye Tropidorhynchus) corniculatus. |