OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 107 centre tail feathers carmine above, brown below ; bill black, slightly curved ; legs, blackish brown. Total length without bill, 3'65 inches ; wings 2*23 inches ; tail 1*6 inches ; tarsi 0'53 inch ; bill from forehead 0*6 inch ; from gape, 0*68 inch. Hab. Duke of York Island. This beautiful species is closely allied to M. chermesina, of G. R. Gray, and is of the same rich carmine tint. It is smaller, how-ever, and is of a uniform carmine above and below. The present specimen is said to be a female, which I am in-clined to think correct. The male will doubtless prove to be of a much richer tint. Myzomela ERYTHINA, SP. NOV. Male,juv. Crown, sides of the head, and all the upper sur-face dull red ; the basal portion of the feathers, dull brown the red tint being brighter on the back and upper tail coverts ; the throat is of a lighter and brighter tint ; the remainder of the under surface, dull brown washed with dull red, a little stronger on the under tail coverts ; wings and tail, dark brown, the outer webs of the feathers margined with dull red of the same tint as the body ; bill black ; legs and feet blackish brown. Total length, without bill, 3*1 inches ; wing, 19 inches; tail, 1*3 inches ; tarsus, 0*54 ; bill from forehead, 0*5 inch ; from gape, 0*6 inch. Hab. New Ireland. This species is smaller than the preceding, and the bill is com-paratively stronger and stouter, otherwise I should be inclined (o consider it the young of the former. Description of some rare Eggs of Australian Birds, and a note on the Eggs of certain Species of Megapodius. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c, Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N. S. Wales. It is now over two years since my friend, Ralph Hargrave, Esq., forwarded to me for description, several rare nests and eggs
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