270 BnUethi of the British 



Pteridophora alberti, sp. n. 

 Mas. Supra velutino-uigra, plus minusve olivaceo-nitens^ 

 plumis sincipitis elongatis, utrinque productis : capite 

 lateribus supra oculos scapo, corpore fere duplo longiore, 

 lobis 37-38 oruato, supra colore floris myosotidis, subtus 

 fuscescentibus, singulis in margine postico tenuiter 

 nigro-ciliatis : uropygio nigro-cinereo : alis caudaque 

 uigris, remigibus rectricibusque basin versus pallide 

 ferrugineis : gula velutino-nigro guttulata : subtus 

 ochraceo-flava : rostro nigro : pedibus fuscis. Long, 

 tot. c. 220 millim., al. 123, caud. 90, rostri culm. 22, 

 tarsi 30, capitis scapi 350, lobi max. long. 9, lat. 7. 

 Hah. Nova Guinea, in montibus ad flumen ' Amberno.' 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe made some remarks upon this 

 extraordinary species, which constituted the fourth new 

 form of Paradise-bird described within the last month ; the 

 three others being Parotia carola of Meyer [antea, p. 145], 

 Craspedophora bridjni, sp. n., and lanthothorax benzbachi, 

 gen. et sp. n., described by Dr. Biittikofer (Notes Leyden 

 Mus., Dec. 1894). 



Dr. Sharpe gave the following list of the genera and 

 species of the Paradiseidce and Ptilonorhynchidce known up 

 to the present day : — 



1. Ptilorhis paradisea, Swains. S. & C. Australia. 



2. victoria, Gould. N.E. Australia. 



3. Craspedophora magnifica (V.). N.W. New Guinea. 



4. intercedens, Sharpe. S.E. New Guinea. 



5. mantuui, Oust. (C. bruijni, Biittik.). N.W. New 



Guinea. 



6. lanthothorax benzbachi, Biittik. N.W. Guinea. 



7. Paiyphephorus duivenbodii (Meyer) . N.W. New Guinea. 



8. Seleucides nigricans (Shaw). New Guinea. 



9. Drepanornis albertisi, Scl. N.W. New Guinea. 



10. cervinicauda, Scl. S.E. New Guinea. 



11. geisleri, Meyer. E. New Guinea. 



12. Drepananax bruijni (Oust.). N. New Guinea. 



13. Epimachus speciosus (Bodd.). N.W. New Guinea. 



14. ellioti, Ward. Hab. ign. 



15. meyeri, Finsch. S.E. New Guinea. 



