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Peale described this species under three names (flavifrons,
icteroides, and albifrons), thinking the several plumages rep-
resented as many species.
Meliphagidae.
Myzomela nigriventris Peale. (Type loc., Samoan Ids.)
---- H[sk]er; Canisius; C. H. White.
All the islands: Peale; Whitmee (common near the coast on all
the islands).
Tutuila: Nicoll (fairly common); R. C. Reed.
Upolu: Peale; Graffe; Layard (