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ON THE FIGURES ON PLATE IT. 

 By THE HUN. WALTER ROTHSCHILD. 



(Plate II.) 



THIS plate shows the most remarkable little bird of Paradise described by me 

 under the name of 



Loboparadisea sericea 



on "p. XV. of No. XL. of the Bnlletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. I have 

 there characterised the bird as follows : — 



" The t}-pe of this new genns differs from all others in having two wattles, 

 which entirely cover the basal half of the beak, except a narrow ridge on the 

 cnknen. Size small ; bill very broad at base, and short. Feathers of under parts 

 and rump decomposed and with a strong satiny gloss. No lengthened ornamental 

 plumes. Tip of tail rounded. 



" Head brown ; hind-neck and back rufous chestnut, with a slight olive tinge ; 

 rump bright yellow, with a beautiful silky sheen. Wings and upper wing-coverts 

 ruddy chestnut; primaries broadly tijjped with blackish brown, shafts brick-red : 

 tail and upper tail-coverts reddish chestnut. Underside bright yellow and with a 

 beautiful silky gloss. Thighs olive-brown. Under wing-coverts and underside of 

 •wings brownish cinnamon. Bill with two large wattles reaching half-way down 

 from the base, dull blue with yellow tips. Total length about 170 mm. ; wing 91 ; 

 tail 58 ; bill 21." 



It may be added that the colour of the wattles is guessed from what they look 

 in the dried skin, which is said to have been bought from natives at Koeroedoe on 

 the northern coast of Dutch New Guinea. This place Koeroedoe is not to be 

 mistaken for Korrido in Geelviuk Bay. The tarsus of Loboparadisea sericea is 

 34 mm. long. 



The other figure on the plate depicts the pretty crested Zosterops described by 

 Mr. Hartert on pp. 567, 568, 575, of Vol. III. of this journal luider the name of 



Lophozosterops dohertyi. 



It is found in Sambawa and Satonda, while a closely allied form has recently 

 been discovered by Mr. Alfred Everett in South Floras. 



