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CONTKIBUTIONS TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE 

 PAPUAN ISLANDS. 



By the HON. WALTER EOTHSCHILD and EENST HARTERT. 



(Unless signed otherwise, the work of these " contributions " is so divided that 

 Walter Rothschild works out the fiimilies Paradiseidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, and 

 Rallidae, while E. Hartert is responsible for the rest.) 



VI.» 

 ON SOME SKINS COLLECTED FROM APRIL TO JUNE ON 

 MOUNT VICTORIA, OWEN STANLEY MOUNTAINS, MOSTLY AT 

 ELEVATIONS OF FROM 5000 TO 7000 FEET. 



1-9. Of true Faradiseidae the collection contained specimens of the followins!: 

 species : — 



Craspedopkora interccdens, Lophorina minor, Epimachus meyeri, Porot/a 

 lawesi, Paradhea raff ff /ana, P. rudolphi, Seh'iicides nigricans, Cicinnurus rcf/ins, 

 Diphjllodes hunsteini. " • "• 



10. Loria loriae Salvad. (antea, p. 252). 

 Adult male and immature m'de from Mount Victoria. The immature mala lias 

 the abdomen, back, and wings mixed with greenish feathers, showing that the 

 young 7nale is, in colour, similar to the adult fem'de. The wing of the male 

 measures li)0 mm. " • ■''• 



11. Cnemophilus macgregorii de Vis. 

 Only one adult male of this magnificent bird has hitherto been known. It was 

 well described by Mr. de Vis and beautifully figured in the Ibis. The present 

 collection contains one adult male, wing 106 mm., and a specimen which is 

 evidently an immature male. It is olive above, tinged and mixed with pale 

 brownish yellow. Quills with the outer webs pale rufous brown, the inner webs 

 dusky brown, each wing having a few fresh feathers like those of the adult m.ale. 

 The tail has a few fresli feathers which are like those of the old male, while the rest 

 is dark brown. Underparts black, mixed with yellowish olive leathers on the 

 abdomen, and still more on the throat. The peculiar crest on the forehead is 

 alreadv developed, and has the same beautiful golden sheen in a certain light which 

 is visible in the old male. "  "• 



12. Amblyornis inornata (Schleg.). 

 Two males witii crests and two spiHtimous without crests, evidently young 

 males, for they differ 'ixo^ females from Arfak in having the feathers of the crown 

 and occiput much longer and narrower, and the under wing-coverts of a deeper 

 orange. Undoubted females of this form, which I consider identical with -l. in- 

 ornata from Arfak (see antea, pj). 11-1:^), are not yet recorded. W. R. 



• For Nos. I., II., nr. see antcn, pp. 8-20 ; for Nos. IV., V., pp. 233-2.^.n, 



