Ornithologists' CIul). 253 



LOBOPARADISEA SERICEA, Sp. 11. 



Head brown ; hind neck and back rufous-chestnut^ with a 

 slight olive tinge ; rump bright yellow, with a beautiful 

 silky sheen. Wings and upper wing-coverts ruddy chestnut ; 

 primaries broadly tipped with black and having the shafts 

 brick-red ; tail and upper tail-coverts reddish chestnut. 

 Underside bright yellow and most beautifully silky. Thighs 

 olive-brown. Under \7ing-c0verts and underside of primaries 

 brownish cinnamon. Bill with two large wattles reaching 

 halfway down from the base, dull blue with yellow tips. 

 Wing 91 millim., tail 58, bill 21. 



Bought from natives at Koeroedoe, Dutch New Guinea. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant exhibited specimens of several 

 interesting birds from the island of Samar, amongst which 

 the following appeared to be new to science : — 



PiTHECoPHAGA, gen. n. 



Probably most closely allied to Harpy haliaetus, of South 

 America. 



Bill very deep and much compressed ; the ridge of the 

 culraen much curved, forming a perfect segment of a circle ; 

 nasal opening a vertical slit at the margin of the cere ; lores 

 and fore part of the face and cheeks covered with bristles 

 only ; a full occipital crest of long lanceolate feathers ; 

 legs and feet very powerful. Tarsi mostly naked, with a row 

 of large scutes down the front ; sides and back reticulate, 

 hexagonal scales on the planta very large, and terminating 

 in three large scutes above the base of the hallux ; soles of 

 the feet covered with rough papillae ; claws yery strong 

 and curved. Wings comparatively short and rounded, the 

 primaries being very little longer than the secondaries, the 

 first primary-quill much the shortest, and the fifth probably 

 the longest (tip broken). Tail very long, composed of twelve 

 feathers and slightly wedge-shaped, the middle pair being 

 about an inch longer than the outer pair. 



1. PlTHECOPHAGA JEFFERYI, Sp. U. 



Top of the head pale whitish buff with dark middles to the 



