Sub-family — Epimachin^:. 



Bill elongated and slender ; culmen longer than tarsus. 



Genus— PTILORHIS.— Flank feathers rounded, with metallic or 



glossy tips. 



55. P. paradisea, Linn., Rifle-bird. 



(a) Larger ; chest purple ; gular shield metallic green ; breast and 

 abdomen olive rifle green ; chin and sides of throat black with 

 scarcely any purple gloss. Female buff beneath, with distinct sub 

 terminal bands of black. 



flab. : 2, 3. 



56. P. victoria?, Gld., Victoria Rifle-bird. 



(b) Smaller ; chin and sides of throat with a reflection of burnished 

 copper ; gular shield somewhat smaller, the purple colour extending 

 over the fore-neck, chest, and upper breast ; remainder of under 

 surface more of an olivaceous green. Female fawn colour below, 

 with dusky spots. 



Hab. : 2. 

 Genus— CRASPEDOPHORA.— Flank feathers elongated into silky plumes 

 with hair-like ends. 



57. C. lliasniifioa. Vieill., New Guinea Rifle-bird. 



Base of culmen not covered by the frontal plumes ; breast reddish - 

 purple below the double pectoral band. Female with the head 

 rufous like the back. 

 Hab. : 2. 



5S. C. alberti, Masters (Ptilorhis alberti), Albert Rifle-bird. 



Base of culmen bare, not covered by the frontal plumes ; breast 

 oily green below the pectoral collar. Female with the head ashy- 

 brown, the back olivaceous brown. 

 Hab. : 2. 



Sub-family — Paradisein^: 



Bill short and more or less stout ; culmen not so long as tarsus. 



Genus — PHONYGAMA. — Pointed tuft of feathers on side of crown. 



59. P. gOllldi, Gray (Manucodia gouldi), Manucode. 



Centre of crown lengthened ; ear plumes, lanceolate feathers on side 

 of neck, back, rump, and breast green ; shoulders, primaries, and 

 tail purplish-black, as are also the lower abdomen and under tail 

 coverts ; bill and legs black. 



Total length, 11 5 in. ; bill, 1 *25 in. ; wing, 6 in. ; tail, 5 in. ; tarsus, 

 1*5 in. > 



Hab.: 2. 



Genus— PRION ODUR A.— Outstretched feet reach to about middle of tail. 



60. P. newtOlliana, De Vis (P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. vii.) 



Above uniform olive-brown ; beneath impure grey ; under surface 

 of wing with base of inner webs of primaries and entire inner webs of 

 secondaries broadly edged with pale sulphur-yellow ; under surface of 

 shafts of wing and tail feathers yellow. Female olive and grey. 



Length, 8 25 in. ; wing, 11*5 in. 

 Hab. : 2. 



FAMILY— ORIOLID^E. 



Bill with a notch in the upper mandible ; nostrils placed well in front of 

 the base of the bill and quite bare. 



Genus— ORIOLUS. — Lores are feathered. 



61. O. flavicinctUS, King (Mimeta fiavicincta), Yellow Oriole. 



Upper surface yellow and black ; breast streaked ; belly uniform 

 olive-yellow. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



