184 paeadiseidj:. 



under certain lights, the quills externally glossed with greenish ; 

 under surface of body glossy steel-black, with purplish or greenish 

 reflections, the under wing- and tail-coverts uniform with the 

 breast ; bill black ; feet blackish ; iris red. Total length 16-5 inches, 

 culmen 1-6, wing 7-'2, tail 0-9, tarsus l-7o. 



Obs. From the following measurements it will be seen that the size 

 varies a good deal : but there is no specific difference in coloration 

 between any of these specimens : — 



Total 



length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. in. 



1. cJ. Bovey (Wallace) . . 16-5 1-6 7-2 6-9 1-5 



2 Ad. Dorev ( Tr«//rtce) . . 15-0 1-45 7-25 6-2 1-55 



3. Ad. New 'Guinea 140 145 7-0 o-9 1-6 



4. c? ad. Aru Islands ( 7T"«//.) 16-5 1-6 7-1 6-5 V7 

 S.Pad.AruIslaiulsiTFfla) 16-5 1-45 7-6 6-8 1-75 



6 c?ad. Mysol (7r«//«ce) . . 13-7 TS 7-1 Gl 1-6 



7 c?ad. MVsoI (7r««ace) .. 13-7 1-5 7-lo (3-4 1-55 

 8.cJad. Waigiou (ir«/;ace) 16-0 1-5 7-15 6-65 1-6 



Hab. New Guinea and Salwatti, Aru Islands, Waigiou, Ghemicn, 

 Mysol. 



a. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Purchased. 



b. Jun. sk. New Guinea. Pm-chased. 



c. S ad. sk. Dorev, New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C. 



d. e. (S 2 ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. AVallace, Esq. [C. 

 f g. S ad. sk. Mvsol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C;^ 

 'h cJ ad. sk. Waigiou. A. R. WaUace, Esq. [C. 



4. Manucodia jobiensis. 



Manucodia jobiensis, Salmd. Ann. 3L(s. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 969 ; id. 

 op. cit. ix. p. 189. 



Brio-ht green, the wings and tail above bluish violet ; the plumes 

 of the head short, angulate, in the form of scales, green, under cer- 

 tain lights blackish velvet margined with green ; feathers of the 

 neck also rather short, the hinder ones blackish green, of velvety 

 appearance, margined with bright green ; feathers of the fore neck 

 and upper breast having the webs near the edge separated and 

 waved, bright green, under the light marked by a very beautiful 

 transverse band of velvet-black ; remainder of the breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts black, margined with bright green ; inter- 

 scapulary region bright steel-green, each plume furnished with a 

 velvety band of blackish and green ; rest of the back steel-green ; 

 quills "and tail-feathers black below; bill and feet black. Total 

 leno-th about 14-5 inches, culmen 1-55, wing 7-5, tail 61, tarsus 1-0. 

 (Sahadon, I. c.) 



Hab. Island of Jobi. 



Obs. This species is certainly very closely allied to M. chahjbata, 

 but differs in its green head and in other characters pointed out by 

 Count Salvadori (?. c). I quite agree with him that the differences 

 between M. cludijbata and M. atra are not shown at all in the plates 



