CRASPEDOPIIORA BRUYNI. 161 



NOTE XIIL 

 ON TWO NEW BIRDS OF PARADISE 



BY 



J. BÜTTIKOFER. 



Some weeks ago the Leyden Museum was kindly presented 

 by Mr. J. Bensbach , of late Resident at Ternate , with 

 two Birds of Paradise which belong to two different , hitherto 

 undescribed, species. 



Craspedophora Bruyni^ n. sp. 



Adult male. Above velvety black with a rich purplish 

 gloss, produced by each feather having a broad glossy 

 purplish subterminal bar, quills black, edged on the outer 

 webs with shining purplish blue, tertiary feathers and 

 upper wing-coverts velvety black, less strongly glossed 

 with purplish than the back , under wing-coverts purplish 

 black; tail black, glossed with purple, the central pair 

 velvety black, narrowly edged with steel-blue; entire head 

 and neck, including chin and upper throat, shining 

 purple , centre of crown greenish steel-blue ; a large pectoral 

 shield, covering lower throat, chest and upper breast, black, 

 very richly glossed on lower throat and chest with metallic 

 bluish green , which color is shading off into rich purple 

 on the upper breast; the lateral feathers of this shield are 

 directed outwards ; they are very broad and rather broadly 

 tipped with steel-green. The steel-green as well as the 

 purplish gloss on the pectoral shield are produced by the 



I>fotes from, the Leyden IMuseuixi, Vol. XVI. 



