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form of the trachea (which lies between the skin and the 

 muscles) as the following species {chalyheata). 



Al. 153 mm.; caud. 117 mm.; culm. 31 mm. cf. 



» 141 » ; » 115 » ; » 29 » . 9. 



[Iris dark yellow, bill and feet black. Schadler]. 



10. Manucodia chalybeata (Penn.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. Ill, p. 182. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 498. 



Seven specimens : 3 old males (December and 14 Fe- 

 bruary), one old female (4 February) and 3 young males 

 (December), all without any sign of moult. The young 

 males are much duller in colours than the adults and 

 agree in every respect with the old female. 



To two of the males Mr. Schadler adds the extraordi- 

 nary convoluted trachea, which lies on the breast between 

 the skin and the muscles, running down to the anus and 

 back to the upper margin of the sternum. 



As there is a considerable variation in size I give the 

 measurements : 



caud. 140 mm.; 

 » 145 

 » 140 



Al. 175 mm. 



» 175 » 



» 170 » 



» 170 » 



» 183 » 



» 190 » 



» 185 » 



135 

 155 

 160 

 155 



culm. 40 mm. <-ƒ ad. 



[Iris yellow, in young birds yellowish brown. Schadler]. 



11. Mimeta striata (Quoy & Gaim.). 



Salvad. Orn. Pap. II, p. 473. 



Oriolus striatus Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. Ill, p. 210. 



Two old males: one shot December lO^l^in full plumage, 

 the other one (24 Dec.) in moult (several of the reraiges 

 and rectrices are just developing). 



[Iris dark brown, feet dark grey. Schadler]. 



Notes from the Leyden IVluseum, "V^ol. XXII. 



