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slight appearance in P. keraudreni, and the base of the bill 

 is rather narrower. 



This species differs from P. keraudreni in the uniform 

 coloration of the wings and back^ as also in the brilliancy 

 and nuance of the colour, besides in the much lengthened 

 head- and neck-feathers. From P. hunsteini, Sharpe (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. p. 442), it differs in its smaller size, 

 which agrees with that of P. keraudreni ; moreover, there is 

 no blue in P. hunsteini, and the head is oil-green, whereas it 

 is bluish green in P.puiyureo-violacea. Sharpe is of opinion 

 that P. hunsteini comes from Normanby Island. 



5. Parotia lawesi, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. x. 

 p. 243. 



Mr. Ramsay has described only the male of this species, 

 of which the female differs from the corresponding sex of 

 P. se.rpennis more than the male. 



Fern. Supra brunnea ; capite et collo nigris ; corpore subtus 

 brunnescente, nigro transfasciolato ; subalaribus obscure 

 cinnamomeis : long, tota 250, ahe 142-144, caudae 100, 

 rostri culm. 15, rostri hiatus 34, tarsi 45 millim. 



The female of P. sexpennis is silver-grey on the under 

 surface, with undulating punctures of black and yellow, and 

 similar under wing-coverts. That of P. lawesi is below 

 bright reddish brown, with black cross markings, and has 

 uniform chestnut-brown under wing-coverts. At the back 

 of the head the feathers are lengthened and are of a dark 

 chestnut- brown narrowly edged with black, and with black 

 bases ; the feathers on the sides of the head are not so much 

 lengthened as in P. sexpennis. Thus, although the upper 

 surfaces of tbe two females are nearly similar, except for the 

 longer tail of P. sexpennis, their lower surfaces are altogether 

 different. 



The young male of P. laivesi is like the female, but is not 

 of so light a red-brown above, has a black neck, and on the 

 under surface is of a deeper and brighter brown-red colour. 

 The length of the tail is 100 millim. 



The principal differences between the males of the two 

 species are as follows : — The frontal feathers of P. lawesi 



