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Show 258 MR. W. A. FORBES ON THE GENUS MYZOMELA. [Mar. 4, latter, in particular, I am indebted for sending over to me the types of the species described by them from N e w Guinea and its islands, and several others which I should not otherwise have been able to examine, and for their kind permission to figure any of them. Count Salvadori, too, has sent m e some very valuable notes as to the range &c. of the Papuan species; whilst to M . Oustalet I am much obliged for information on the type specimen of M. lafargii and on some other points. The following table will assist in the determination of the 26 valid species. It, however, only holds good for adult birds, and in many cases only for the males, our present imperfect knowledge of many of the species making a table that would have included all stages alike an impossibility. A. Corpore rubro ornato, aut unicolori. a. Corpore subtus plus minusve olivaceo-griseo aut albicante. a. Fronte coccinea. b. Torque pectorali nullo. c. Capite et dorso concoloribus. | Alis fusco-nigris; abdomine flavido-griseo... [ J Zledmtca^"' | Alis olivaceo-fuscis; abdomine griseo-flavido 3. chloroptera. c'. Capite rubro ; dorso fusco 4. adolphince. b'. Torque pectorali fusco. J Abdomine albicante 5. boicei. \ Abdomine fusco-griseo 6. crythrocephala. a'. Fronte nigra,. d. Capite supra, macula rubra, ornato. e. Gula rubra. f Gutture summo nigricante 7. vulnerata. \ Gutture croceo-flavo 8. jugularis. «?'• Gula nigra 9. lafargii. d'. Capite supra omnino nigricante 10. sclateri. /3. Corpore subtus dorso concolori. a. Corpore nigro. f Subalaribus albis H_ nigrita. \ Subalaribus nigris 12. pammelcena. a'. Corpore griseo-brunneo. b. Stria, gulari coccinea 13, eques, b'. Stria gulari nulla. Capite solum rubro tincto 14. obscura. Alis et cauda, rubro tinctis 15. simplex. Corpore, alis et cauda rubro tinctis ( J§* nibrotincta. v. • I 17. rubro-brunnea. a Corpore rubro 18t cruentata, , Corpore subtus nigro et rubro vario. a. Gula coccinea,. b. Capite toto coccineo. c Abdomine rubro; crisso nigro 19. rubratra. c. A b d o m m e ct crisso nigris. d. Pectore coccineo f 20. nigriventris. 21. cardinalis. oo £l£t, 23 u\ Capite toto nigi-o 04' d>. Pectore nigro \ 22. lifuensis. - ^ C I 1 ^ e f U p r a " , S r o 23. chermesina, B. Corpore nigro alboque vario'. 24> rosenber9i-f Gula uropygioque nigris gS niara iGuiauropygmque albis ^Zw.^aU*. |