14. LOPHORHINA. 179 



06s. Birds from Gilolo are decidedly larger than those from 

 Batchian. The males have longer pennants and pectoral shields; 

 and the females are darker, with a purplish instead of lilac gloss on 

 the head. 



Hah. Batchian and Gilolo. 



a. S ad. sk. Batchian. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. Batchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 



c. S juv. sk. Batchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.I. 

 cl, e. d ad. sk. E. Gilolo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [Cl. 

 f,g. $ ad. sk. E. Gilolo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 

 h-k. cJ $ ad. St. Batchian. A. R. W^allace, Esq. [C.]. 



14. LOPHORHINA. „ 



Type. 

 Lophorina, Vieill. N. Did. cdlist. Nat. xviii. p. 184 (1817). L. superba. 



Range. Confined to New Guinea. 



1. Lophorhina superba. 



L'Oiseau de Paradis de la Nouvelle Giiiuee, dit le Superbe, Briss. 



Orn. iii. p. 169 ; Buff. PL Enl. iii. p. 197, pi. 032. 

 Paradisea superba, Penn. in Forster- Incl. Zool. p. 40 ; Scop. Del. 



Faun, et Flor. Insubr. ii. p. 88 ; Gtn. S. N. i. p. 402 ; Shaw, Gen. 



Zool. vii. p. 494, pis. 63-65 ; id. ^- Nocld. Nat. Misc. xxiv. pi. 1021 ; 



Wagler, St/st. Av. Paradisea, sp. 5 ; Wall. Ibis, 1859, p. Ill; Schl. 



J.f. O. 1861, p. 385. 

 Oiseau de Paradis a gorge Tiolette, Sotm. Voy. Nmiv. Gain. p. 157, 



pi. 9G. _ 

 Superb Bird of Paradise, Lath. Gen. Syn. p. 479. 

 Paradisea atra, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 38. 

 Le Superbe, Audeb. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. pi. vii. ; Levaill. H. N. Ois. 



Parad. i. pis. 14, 15. 

 Paradisea furcata, Bechst. Kurze Uebers. p. 132. 

 Lophorbma superba, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xviii. p. 184 ; id. 



Gal. Ois. p. 149, pi. xcviii. ; Less. Traite, p. 337; id. Ois. Parad. 



Si/n. p. 12; id. H. N. Ois. Parad. pis. 13, 14 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 414; 



Wall. Ibis, 1861, p. 287, 1862, p. 100; Salvad. Ann. Aim. Civic. 



Genov. ix. p. 190. 

 Epimaclius ater, ScJd. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 96, note. 

 Lophorhina atra, IJ'all. Malay Arch. ii. p. 249; Elliot, Motiogr. 



Parad. pi. 11 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 783; Beccari, 



t. c. p. 712 ; Scl. Ibis, 1876, p. 251. 



Adult male. General colour above velvety black, somewhat glossed 

 with bronzy purple ; mantle produced into an elevated shield, com- 

 posed of velvety black plumes, glossed under certain lights with 

 bronze ; wing-coverts velvety black, rather more distinctly glossed 

 with purple than the back ; quills and tail-feathers deep black, 

 glossed with steel-blue ; lores and nasal plumes forming an elevated 

 crest of purplish black feathers ; crown of head, nape, and hind 

 neck spangled with metallic steel- coloured feathers, each of which 

 has a subterminal bar of purple ; sides of face, sides of neck, and 



