15. PHUNTGAMA. Jg]^ 



surface of body burnished steel-blue, washed with green on the abdo- 

 men ; wings and tail purple, the edges of the quills steel-blue, the 

 latter black on their inner web ; bill and legs black. Total length 

 13 inches, cnlmen 1-3, wing G-35, tail 5-55, tarsus 1-35. ° 



Hub. New Guinea. 



?•/, ^^:^- . . , Do^ey, N. G. A. R.Wallace, Esq. [CI. 



b, c,d. S2d Ji'v. et ad. st. Dorey, N. G. A. 11. Wallace, Esq . fc 1 

 '• cJad. sk. New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Phonygama jamesii. 



aianucodia keraudreni, Salvad. Ann. Mm. Cimc. Genov ix p 40 

 {ncc Less.). . ' ' 



Adult General colour above burnished green, with a slight shade 

 ot purplish blue here and there on the back ; under surface of body 

 burnished green hke the upper, with a subtorminal lustre of purplish 

 blue on some of the feathers ; head and neck aU round of a burnished 

 oily green, the plumes of the crown close-set and velvety, those of 

 the neck and throat narrowly lanceolate ; from the occiput two Ion- 

 tufts of green feathers ; wings and tail puri^le, the wing-coverts 

 burnished green hke the back, the quiUs and tail black on their 

 inner webs, except the innermost secondaries, which are entirely 

 purple ; bill and legs black. Total length 12-3 inches, culmen 1-3, 

 wing 6-2, tail 4-9, tarsus 1-45. 



Hah. South-eastern New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. Aleya, S E New Guinea, Dr. James [C.j. (Type of 



April 1870. species.) 



3. Phonygaina gouldi. 



Manueodia keraudreni, Gould, B. Austr. Siqml. pi. (nee Less ) 

 Manucodia 8;ouldi &V«y P. ZS. 1859, p. 158, note ; Gould, Handb. 

 So^N s!w. f^'Q^'"'-^' ^""'^-^- ^- "• P- 17; Masters, Pr. Limi. 



Adult. General colour steel-green, of a somewhat oily-green cast 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts; wings coloured like the back 

 the coverts and the outer webs of the quiEs with a sHght shade of 

 purplish blue, this colour being also faintly indicated on the inter- 

 scapulary region ; wings black on the inner webs, excepting the 

 innermost secondaries, which are bluish green ; tail black, glossed 

 with deep pui-i)hsh blue, the feathers greenish on their outer ed-es 

 under certain hghts ; head green, as also the two long tufts proiecthig 

 from each side of the occiput ; sides of face and throat and under- 

 parts green, the abdomen with an oily-green shade, the feathers of 

 the throat pointed and lanceolate, these parts somewhat shaded with 

 steel-blue under certain lights ; bill and legs black. Total leno^h 

 11-5 inches, culmen 1-25, wing 6-15, tail 5-15, tarsus l-5o. 



Hab. North-eastern Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Port Albany. Purchased. 



b. c? ad. St. Cape York. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. (T>-pe 



of species.) " 



