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As the egg during some years has been exposed to the 

 daylight, the colours probably have got a little paler. 



The egg has been broken, but all the pieces are, fortu- 

 nately, present; it measures 36x26 mm. 



Astrapia nigra (Gm.). 



Paradisea gularis et nigra, Temminck, Cat. Syst. 1807, p. 53. 

 Epimachus niger^ Schlegel, Cat. Coraces, 1867, p. 94. 

 Astrapia nigra, Rothschild, Tierr. Paradis. 1898, p. 32. 



A female. — N^». 1 and 2 of Schlegel's Catalogue are 

 not more in our collection, n*^. 3 is still present, which 

 is probably the female mentioned by Temmiock in his 

 Catalogue of 1807. We have 10 specimens from the Arfak 

 Mountains and one, a native skin of a female, received in 

 1868 from von Rosenberg, labelled Sorong. 



Drepanornis albertisi (Sclat.). 



Drepanornis albertisi, Rothschild, Tierr. Paradis. 1898, p. 27. 

 Epimachus vethi, von Rosenberg, Reist. Geelvinkbaai, 1875, 

 p. 116, pi. XVIII. 



One specimen, probably a female, moulting the feathers 

 of throat and ear-coverts. 



Falcinellus striatus (Bodd.). 



Upupa superha, Temminck, Cat, Syst. 1807, p. 74. 

 Epimachus speciosus, Schlegel, Cat. Coraces, 1867, p. 94. 

 Falcinellus striatus, Rothschild, Tierr. Paradis. 1898, p. 30. 



A male in full dress. — We possess of this species, besides 

 the above named specimen, 14 examples, 5 of which are 

 without locality; 1 from Sorong, being a native skin of a 

 young male, received from von Rosenberg in 1870 and 8 

 specimens, adult and young ones, from Mount Arfak. The 

 two specimens mentioned by Schlegel in his Catalogue 

 under n^^ 1 and 8 are not more in the collection ; only is 

 present n". 2, which is the »Upupa superb a. Hornotinus 

 (Mas) n*'. 372", on p. 74 of Temminck's Catalogue, 1807. 



Notes from the Lieyden Mluseum, Vol. XXIX. 



