242 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ZOOLOGY OP NEW GUINEA, 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ZOOLOGY OF NEW GUINEA. 



Notes on Birds from Mount Astrolabe, with 

 descriptions of tavo new species. 



By E. p. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., &c. 



Having recently received a small collection of Birds from Mount 

 Astrolabe on the S.E. Coast of New Guinea, I beg to offer some 

 remarks thereon, with descriptions of two new species of Birds of 

 Paradise. 



LOPHORINA. SUPERBA MINOR. 



The specimens from the mountainous parts of the south-east end 

 of New Guinea are smaller than those received from the north- 

 west end of the Island, otherwise they appear to be much the same 

 in coloration. 



Adult Male. — A purple tinge from the ear-coverts, surrounds the 

 nape below the steel-blue of the crown and occiput ; the hind neck, 

 mantle, and tips of the long plumes are distinctly oil-green, with a 

 brassy tinge ; the wings and tail are jet black and velvety, with a 

 shade of purple or steel-blue on the upper tail coverts and the two 

 centre tail feathers, the inner webs of the others blackish-brown. The 

 chest-shield and its elongate plumes glossy steel-blue, or metallic 

 green according to the light. The crown and occiput similar in 

 tint, with a bar of violet purple about the middle of each feather. 

 Under surface black, with a slight purplish-tinge ; throat black, 

 chin black with the anterior feathers elongated and directed 

 forwards, reaching more than half-way to the tip of the bill. Bill, 

 legs, and feet black. 



Total length, 8-50 in. ; wing, 540; tail, 3-90; tarsus, 1-30; bill 

 from forehead, I'lO; from nostril, 070. 



