( 490 ) 

 Manucodia atra altera K. & H. (PI. X., fig. IL'). 



Cf. Xor. Z„;l. ];iO:5. p. 84. 



An e^g was taken by Heinrich Kiihii on the Am Islands. It is, like other 

 eggs of this genus, not (iiiite so smooth, but somewhat more rough than eggs 

 of Paradisea. The ground-colour is white, with black-brown spots and patches 

 and deeper lying ones of a liluish grey colour, and a few faint scril)bles are also 

 visible. Measurements: 41 x iiT.") mm. 



Manucodia atra atra (Less.). 



Nehrkoru, Kdl. Eiermmml. 2. Aufl. p. 350 (1910. — Subnomine .1/. ulm). 



An egg collected by Wahnes in Kaiser Wilhelm's Laud is somewhat abnor- 

 mally ])yriform, not so white as that from Aru, but cream-culonr, and the brown 

 s])ots are heavier, otherwise it agrees with that of .1/. (ilr<i iild'ra. Measurements : 

 41-4 27 mm. 



The ground-colour of the eggs described by Nehrkoru iVom '•South-west New 

 Guinea" varies from " white to greyish yellow." 



Manucodia chalybata orientalis Siilvad. (PI. X., tig. 13). 



Nelirkorn, Kiil. E'lei-nam ml . 2. Aufl. p. .Sol! (I'JIO). 



We have received tliree eggs collected by the late Carl Waluies in German 

 New Gniuea. They are white to creamy white, rather roundish, with brown and 

 liur]ilish grey markings. They measure ;jj.j-l x 2fi'T, 3,5 x 27, and 3ii-7 x 20-7 mm. 



Several nests which we have examined are hanging on a fork of a branch, 

 like Orioles' nests ; they consist of brown wiry stalks, intermingled witii leaves, 

 and are liued witii finer stalks and fibres. 



Manucodia comrii Scl. (PI. X., fig. 11). 



Rev. Au^lr. Mils. ii. p. 32 (IHl).^).— Rothschild .'c Hartert, Nui: Ziml. IS'.li;. p. 2.34. 



Mr. A. S. Meek found the nest and eggs on Trobriand Island. The nest — 

 hanging in the fork of a branch— and the eggs, measuring 29 43 and 

 30-r) x 45-5 mm., were described by us in 1800. 



It is to be noted that all eggs of the genus Mauiwodia agree in general 

 character, and show very little or none of the long patches and dashes so 

 characteristic for eggs of Paradisea, Ptilor/iis, Seleucides, and Astrapia. 



Phonygammus jamesi Sharpe (PI. X., fig. 10). 



Nehrkorn, A"f(7. Eiersamml. 2. Aufi. p. 3,')(; (liHO). 



The lining of a uest, which appears to have been constrncted like that of other 

 Paradiseidae, and two eggs have been received from A. S. Anthony, taken at a 

 height of 6000 feet in the Owen Stanley Mountains. Pale j)iuk, spotted all over 

 with brownish red snrfaee-jiatches and violet-grey. Measurements : 3r)-r) x V!4 ami 

 3;r3 x 23-8 mm. Shaped like typical eggs of (iairulun ylaiidarim. 



