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1 ad., P.ritisli New Gniiioa " low coiiiitn-," purchased from Mcll wraith. Wing 

 ]~'2 mm. 



1 ad.. Brown Rivor, Rrit-ish New (Tiiiiiea, 1808. E. Weiskecoll. Wing 172 ram. 



1 ad., " near Port Moresby," purchased from Mcllwraith. Wing 173 mm. 



2 J ad., 2 ? ? (I ad.), Milne Bay, October 1888, February 1S'.)9. A. S. Meek- 

 coil. " Iris red/' Wing S3 iVfi, 176 ; ?, 170 mm, 



1 cJ inirn., 1 ?,('ollingwood Bay, June 1897. A. S. Meek coll. ¥, wing 170 mm. 



2 ad., Konstautinhafen. Knbary coll. Wing 170, 180 mm. 



1 ad., German New Guinea. Cotton & Web.ster coll. Wing 17t> mm. 

 1 (?, Stepliansort, 1809. E. Nyman coll. Wing 170 mm. 



7s. Mamicodia jobiensis jobiensis Salvad. 



1 adnlt, se.K nnknowu, bought from natives at Serui, Jo})i, by W. Doherty. 

 Wing 180 mm. 



1 ? ad., Serui, Jobi, April 1897. W. Doherty coll. Wing 173 mm. 



if . jobiensis is hardly more than a subspecies? of M. chdh/bata. (Of. Nov. Zool. 

 1898. p. 84 ; Ticrrnich, Para(/isi'i(/(ie, p. 45.) 



79. Manucodia jobiensis rubiensis Meyer. 



3 ad., Takar, October 1800. W. Doherty coll. Wing 169 mm. 



? , Takar, October 1896. " Iris pale orange, bill and feet black." W. Doherty 

 coll. Wing 159 mm. 



1 juv., Wanti, Waropen, bought from natives by Doherty. 



Only sejiaralde by a little smaller size and perhaps more greenish tinge, though 

 the latter may be more or less due to immaturity. 



SO. Manucodia comrii Scl. 



2 ad. without locality. 



3 ad. said to be from New Ireland, but this is doubtless an error. (Oollected 

 by a missionary.) 



3 S ad., 2 S ad, Fergusson Island, 1894 and 1895. A. S. Meek coll. 



1 ? ad., Fergusson Island, Jnnc 1897. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 555. (One white 

 secondary in the left wing.) 



2 (? ad., Normanby Island, D'Entrecasteaux group, Angnst 1901. " Iris dark 

 red, bill and feet black." A. S. Meek coll., Nos. 3600, 3601. 



1 ? ad., Goodenongh Island, May 1890. A. S. Meek coll.. No. 2512. " Iris 

 (liirk red." 



A good adult Manucodia comrii is a trnly magnificent bird. 



The Genus PIIONYGAMMUS. 



8o far we are acquainted with four different forms of the genus Phomjgammus, 

 or l'howj(i<tm.ci of those authors who do not preserve the original spelling of names. 

 .Since one of us wrote the Puradiseidap, Liefernng 2. of the Ticrreicli, we have 

 accumulated a much better material of the genus. We find that it is perfectly 

 correct to separate four forms, but, in view of the coloration of the young and of the 

 similarity of the old birds, together with the fact that they are geographical rcjire- 

 sentatives, we prefer now to treat them merely as subspecies. Of three of the 



