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webs of the quills. The tinge on the tail is of a somewhat 

 darker blue than in the smaller species, and the tip of the tail 

 is much more red. 



The female has the pileum of a golden-green tint, and the 

 abdomen is entirely green without any orange tint. 



Total length 6'3 inches ( = 158 mm.), wing 3*5 ( = 87) 

 tail 3-3 ( = 83), bill 07 ( = 15), tarsus 0'65 ( = 14). 



Hah. S.E. New Guinea : Owen Stanley Mountains (types), 

 Mount Scratchley, Mount Knutsford (Antony) ; ? Aroa 

 River (Waiske). 



The types of this species arc in the British Museum ; they 

 have been figured in Dr. Mivart's Monograph. 



There appears to be no doubt about the identity of 

 O. viridigaster Dc Vis with 0. grandis. I think that 

 O. frontalis is based on immature specimens of 0. grandis ; 

 the male has been described as having a narrow frontal red 

 band, like immature male birds of 0. arfaki. 



[To be continued."! 



XXVI. — On the Display of the Lesser Bird-of -Paradise 

 (Paradisea minor) . By W. 11. Ogilvie-Grant. 



(Plate VIII.) 



Owing to the great difficulty and expense of procuring 

 living examples of the Birds-of-Paradise (Paradiseida), 

 comparatively few have reached the Zoological Society's 

 Gardens in the Regent's Park. Since 18G2 the Society 

 has only managed to procure about eighteen specimens, 

 representing seven different species, viz. : — 



3 Paradisea apoda. Great Bird-of- Paradise. 



(1 J, Oct. 1885; 1 cJ, June 1902; 1 tf, March 1905.) 

 9 Paradisea minor. Lesser Bird-of-Paradise. 



(2 6 , April 1862; 2<J, May 1878; 3tf , April 1884; 2 J, March 1905.) 

 1 Paradisea rubra. Red Bird-of-Paradise. 



(1 d, March 1881.) 

 1 Plilorhis paradisea. Australian Ride-Bird. 



(1 J, April 1882.) 

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