r 89 ) 



The following forms are still ilesiclerata in tlie Triiig Musmim :^ 



1. Chlam'/dera l<iHterhn,cki Rohw., German New Guinea. 



Unique type in tlie Berlin Museum. 



2. X'nif/wmrhis anrca arde.iiH D'All). & Salvad., Fly Hiver. 



rtnly known from the two specimens in Genoa. 



3. Ja»f//o//wra.v /it'/isbac/// Biitt., Dutch New (Tiiinoa. 



Unique in the Leydeu Musenm. 



4. Pari/phephorus duivenbodei (Mey.), Putcli New Guinea. 



Unique in the Dresden Museum. 



5. Pfilor/ii.s alhi'iii Ell.*, N. Queensland. 



Adult males wanting ! 



6. Dn^panoniis albcrt'iM geislcri Mey., German New Guinea. 



Only known from 1 ? in the Dresden Musenm ! 



7. Falcinell'is ellioti (Ward). 



8. Cicinniirus b/ngijriis Cnrrie. (Proc. U. S. Nat. ,}f/is. xxii. p. 497, 1!)00). 



Unique in the U. S. Nat. Museum in Washington. 



9. Pciradisea maria Rchw., German New Guinea. 



Only known from the type in the Berlin Mnsenm. We are convinced tliat 



this is a hybrid between Paradisca augustaerictoriae and gidielmi. 



The Tring Musenm alone possesses — as far as we are aware — examples of 



Amhlynrnis Jlumfvons (3), Lobojiamdisea sericea (3), Parotid duivenbodei (1), 



Loborliamphiis iwbilis (1), Jiiiitliotlioi-ax mirabilift {\),«n<\ Falrinelli/s astrajiioides{l). 



VIII. GORVIDAE. 

 1. Corvus orru orru Bp. 



Cnrmm orru Bonaparte, Coiixp. Ai-. i. p. 385 (18uU; Xew Guinea, ex Miill. MS. in Mas. Ludg.). 



Corvus orru has first been described by Bonaparte, /.'•. The birds from 

 Dutch New Guinea must be taken for the " typical " orru. Count Salvadori {Orn. 

 Pap. ii. p. 486) questions the identity of some examples from Yule Island, South 

 New Guinea, which he says are larger, and thinks that those from British New 

 Guinea are the same. While we have no examples from Yule Island, we have 

 several from British New Guinea and the Lonisiade Islands, but we cannot detect 

 any differences from specimens from Dutch New Guinea. The female differs from 

 the male in being considerably smaller, but on our various females the iris is 

 markeil light (or bright) blue, as well as in the males, though Powell describes 

 it as brown I It seems therefore that Salvadori's statement of Van females having 

 a blackish iris is not correct. We have the following Papuan specimens which 

 we believe to be typical orru : — 



1 ? , Mysol, 4. xii. 1»1S3. Powell coll. 



1 ?, Mysol, 12. i. 1900. " Irish bluish grey." H. Kiihn coll. 



1 ? , Salwatti, 19. xi. 1883. " Iris brown." 



1 ?, Salwatti, 14. v. Bruijn coll. 



1 S, Momos, Waigiu, 23. x. 1883. "Length 47'4 cm. Iris pearl-grc}'." 

 Gnillemard coll. 



1 ? , Hon Island, July 1897. " Iris pale blue." W. Doherty coll. 



1 cf (jun. !), Dorey, 31. iii. lis"."}. Beccari coll. (Specimen u of the list in 

 "/•/'. I'aji. ii.) 



' /'. iiitermlenK ami alberti .should be treated a.9 sutopcoics of marjwifwa. 



