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Vieillot's " ^lauucode a douze filets," altlionf;-li donbtli-ss representiii"; Seleucif/es, is 

 not a good figure either, in fact it cauuot be called much better than Valentiju's 

 descriptions, and on it P. iiiffricans Shaw and also Vieillot's resplendescens are based. 

 Levaillant's " Nebnleux " is a bad figure, but no doubt also meant to re]ircsent a 

 Sdeii-cides S- Shaw's P. raiUnnfi is a small copy of it. 



<i. On Amblyornis subalaris and inornata. 



1 have not used Sharpe's genus Xdiiihorhhnmj^, as it was only given to embrace 

 Amblyornis subalaris and A. musgravianus, nuder the impression that ,1. inornata 

 had no crest. However, as I have shown in Nov. Zool. IV. pp. 11 — 13, ^1. miu- 

 (/ravianus and ^1. mnajregoriae are not separable from ^1. inornata, which acquires an 

 enormous crest when adult. It is, nevertheless, very strange indeed that the crested 

 males of A. inornata remained unknown for so long. 



7. Aeluroedus jobiensis. 



I have no longer recognised my Aehiroi-.d as jobiensis, as I have come to doubt 

 the locality whence the specimen was said to come, and as I have now seen speci- 

 mens from Arfak which are almost exactly similar. 



8. Parotia sefilata (Penn.). 



This name must be used for what is mostly called Parotia. KCjfpeiinis. It has 

 only been abandoned because it was considered barbaric ; but, although I do not 

 particularly love such names, they are no longer to be refused, being in accordance 

 with the most modern rules of nomenclature. 



9. Diphyllodes. 



I am afraid tliat several ornithologists will not agree with me in uniting 

 Diphyllodes maqnifca, seleucides, chrysoptera, hunsteini, jobiensis, and xantlioptera 

 under one specific name. But, after having seen very many specimens, I cannot 

 find that the difterences in the colour of the head, wings, or any others, are constant 

 enough to allow any of these forms specific rank, nor localised enough to found any 

 subspecies on them. Future researches may show the fallacy of my theory, but 

 from what we know at present I cannot come to any other conclusion. 



