LOPIIORniXA. AMBr.VORNIS. 4ol 



Genus LOPHORHINA, rieill 

 Lophorhina minor, liammy. 



Lophorliina superba minor, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. J['. x. p. 24:2 



(IS80). 

 Lophorhina niinoi', Sharpe, Monogr. Paradis. S,- Ptilon. ii. p. 41, pi. xxiii. 



(1895); id., Hand-l. v. p. 583 (1909); Ojilvie-Gnmt, lbis,Yd\-2, 



p. 116, pi. iii. %. 0. 

 Lophorina sn])erba minor, Uarfcrf, iVor. Zool. xvii. p. 487, pi. x. figs. 22, 



23 (1910). 



An egg of the Lesser Superb Bird-of-Pai-adise is of a regular 

 oval shape, somewhat compressed at the smaller end, and dis- 

 tinctly glossy. The ground is pale brownish-cream-colour, thickly 

 and finely spotted and dotted all over the shell with pale yellowish- 

 brown and heavily marked round the broader end with longitudinal 

 streaks of vandyke-browu and dark lilac-grey, the latter being more 

 or less confluent. It measures 1-24 by "bS. 



Two eggs figured and described by Dr. Hartert agree in size and 

 general ajipearance with the above ; but the longitudinal markings 

 are distributed all over the shell. One has the ground-colour 

 brownish-buff and the brownish-grey and pale brown markings 

 rather faint; the other has the ground cream-colour, and the 

 reddish-brown and bluish-grey markings much stronger. 



1. Kagi, nr. :Mt. Victoria, 6000 ft,, Capt. R R. Barton [P.]. 

 Owen .Stanley Range. 



Genus AMBLYORNIS, Elliot. 

 Amblyornis inornatus {Schl.). 



Amblyornis iuornata, Beccari, A)in. Mus. Cii\ Genov. Ix. p. 382 (1879) ; 

 Gould, Birds Nezv Guinea, i. pi. 4t)(lS79); Sharpe, Cut. Birds 

 B.M.\i. p, 394(1881); id., Moimjr. Pnradin. S,- Ptilon. ii. p. 51 

 (1893) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 584 (1909). 



An egg of the Gardener Bower -bird is of a narrow oval shape 

 and moderately glossy. It is of a uniform cream-colour, and 

 measures 1'65 by l-(l9. 



1. S.E, New Guinea, Jlerr Weiske [C,]. 



Amblyornis subalaris, Sharpe. 



Amblyornis subalaris, Guuld, Birds Neic Guinea, i, pi, 47 (1886) ; Shar/f, 

 Monor/r. Paradis. ^- Ptilon. ii. p. 55 (1894) ; icl., Hand-l. v. p. 584 

 (1909). 



An egg of the Orange-crested Bower-bird is of a regular oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. It is of a uniform cream-colour, 

 and measures 1"G by I'll. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. llerr Weiske [C.]. 



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