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forms — namely, of /ffra/n/rei?/, Jnmr.^i, and Iiiouitruii — we liavo tlio birds in tlie first 

 and transitional j)himag-es, and our material shows that the first plnraage of all 

 (presumably also that of Ph. gouldi) is raven-black (black with a purplish tinge). 

 Then follows as a rnle a more or less greenish plumage, while the really old birds 

 alouo liave the (more or less) beantifiil steel-lilue or purple colours, wliioh arc only 

 absent in P. (/oitlili. 



We have the following specimens : — 



81. Phonygammus keraudreni keraudreni (Less. & Garnier). 



1 (S ad., 2 ■? ad., Dorey, Berau Pcninsuhx. June 189T. W. Doherty coll. " Iris 

 bright orange, bill and feet black." 



The two femalcA may be described as steel-blue with a greenish sheen, the 

 wings glossed witli purple, while the male is almost without a greenish sheen, more 

 blue and almost purplish blue. 



I (?, Kapaur, January 1897. " Iris orange, bill and feet black." W. Doherty 

 coll. (Unfortunately half destroyed by Ph'rmesti's.) Apparently like the c? ad. 

 from Dorey. 



1 semi-ad. (moulting from tlie raven-black j)lumage to that of the adult birds 

 before ns), Malayan trade-skin, ])robably from Arfak. 



1 juv., in raven-black jilumage, good native-made skin, probably from the north 

 coast, east of Geelvink Bay, judging from its preparation. 



1 ad., Triton Bay, 25. vii. 1896, Capt. Cayley Webster coll. " Iris yellow, 

 bill and feet black." (No. 281.) 



I c? ad., Trangan, Am Islands, 14. i.x. lOoo. " Iris reddish yellow, bill and feet 

 black." Upjierside very strongly glossed with purple. H Kiihu coll. (no number). 



3 c? ad., Wanambai, Kobroor Island, Aru Islands, 4. iii., 2. ix. 190U. " Iris 

 bright yellow-red (orange)." H. Kiihn coll. (Nos. 2498, 2499, 2500.) 



S iram., Wanam1)ai, Kobroor, ?>. ix, 1000. " Iris bright brown, bill and feet 

 black." Not 80 jiurplisli and bluish as the fully adult one; wings and tail still in 

 the first black plumage. H. Kiihn coll., No. 2497. 



We cannot separate the Aru specimens from those of Dutch New Guinea. 



82. Phonygammus keraudreni gouldi (Graj). 



Altogether steel-green, and never developing any pure blue or pur]ile colours ; 

 the fe7nale still more greenish, somewhat oily in appearance. 



1 J, 1 ?, Cape York. (Probably coll. by Cockerell.) 



1 " (J," C'ajie York (same skin), lionght from H. Whitely. 



} ad., Australia, 187C. Ex coll. Walter Chamberlain. 



1 ad.. Cape York, Cockerell, ls74. Ex coll. A. von Hiigol. (8ame skin as 

 the others from Cajje York.) 



Tliis form is easily distinguishable from typical keraiulreni. 



8.3. Phonygammus keraudreni jamesi Sharpe. 

 The fully adult bird is very conspicuous by its splendid shining green and very 

 long neck-feathers and occijiital feathers, piiri}lish blue back and reddisli violet wings 

 and tail. The less old birds closely resemble kevaiidveni, but the neck-feathers are 

 much greener, wliile the laven-black young bird in first plumage is like that 

 of keraudreni. 



