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This example agrees completely with the type from the Arfak Mountains. This is -a 

 new species for the Arrou Islands. 



28. Calornis metallica, Temm. 



Calomis metallica, Temm.: Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soft, 1878, p. 97. 

 [Nos. 215, 216, 217. Wokan. Males. Eyes coral red; bill and legs black. Small 

 black seeds in the stomach of the adult males. The above were the most abundant birds 

 we saw on the 17th September 1874.] 



29. Mino dumonti, Less. 



Mino dumonti, Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 98. 

 [No. 250. Wanumbai. Male. Eyes yellow. 



No. 233. Wanumbai. Female. Eyes yellow ; legs and bill yellow. Stomach con- 

 tained seeds.] 



30. Paradisea apoda, Linn. 



Paradisea apoda, Liun. : Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 98. 



[Nos. 248, 249. Males. Eyes yellow. No. 247. Female. Eyes brown. No. 202. 

 Young male. Eyes pale yellow ; legs light fawn-colour. The stomach was empty. This 

 1 »ird was shot by Mr Abbot ; he saw two others at the same time, but noticed none of 

 them with plumes. The Professor and Captain Nares saw a large flock, and, again, none 

 of them were noticed with plumes. No other specimens were seen by the party. No. 

 246. Female. Eyes brown.] 



Four specimens from Wanumbai, and one from Wokan. 



1st. An adult male (No. 249), but not in full dress, wanting the long yellow 

 feathers on the sides. 



2d. A male (No. 248) not fully adult, having the two middle tail-feathers with 

 very large webs, like the lateral ones, and longer than these, one about two inches, the 

 other only one inch ; they are of a lanceolate shape. 



3d. An adult female (No. 247) with yellowish nape. 



4th. A young male from Wokan (No. 202). 



5th. A young female (No. 246). The two last are exactly alike in colour, but the 

 male is larger than the female. Both have no yellow on the nape. 



31. Cicinnurus regius, Linn. 



Cicinnurus regius, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. ix. p. 192, sp. 24 (1876); Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus., vol. iii. p. 171 (1877); Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 98. 



[No. 201. Male. Eyes dull red ; legs a delicate sky-blue. The stomach contained 



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