52 ON BIRDS FKOM SEKRU, 



of plumage, therefore more or less mixed with dark feathers 

 glossed with purple. 



Al. 310 mm.; caud. 230 mm.; culm. 61 mm. cf. 



» 320 » ; » 230 »; » 57 » . Q. 



[Iris whitish blue, upper mandible black with grey spots, 

 lower mandible flesh coloured with black spots; orbital skin 

 reddish flesh coloured. Schadler.]. 



7. Paradisea miyior Shaw. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. Ill, p. 168. 

 Salvad. Oro. Pap. II, p. 577. 



Two specimens : old female (December) and young male 

 (January), both exactly alike in colours and without any 

 sign of moult. 



Al. 172 mm.; caud. 120 mm.; culm. 34 mm. (^. 

 » 157 » ; » 116 »; » 34 » . 9. 



[Iris yellow, bill bluish grey, feet grey. Schadler]. 



8. Cicinnurus regius (L.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. Ill, p. 171. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 646. 



Three specimens : two old males (24 and 29 January) in 

 full nuptial dress, and a young male (13 December) in first 

 plumage, but with several of the primaries moulting. 



[Iris yellowish brown (old), brown (young) ; bill yellow, 

 feet blue. Schadler]. 



9. Phonygama Keraudréni Less. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. Ill, p. 180. 



Manucodia Keraudrenii Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 510. 



Two old specimens: male (14 January) and female (8 Ja- 

 nuary), both in full plumage without sign of moult; the 

 female agrees in every respect with the male, but is only 

 somewhat smaller. 



The male shows the same remarkable peculiarity in the 



IVotes from the Leyclen IMusenna, "V'ol. iXlXII. 



