390 Mr. C. W. De Vis on new or little-known 



primary-coverts fuscous, the former edged uniformly with 

 black, lesser and mesial coverts green ; caruncular lobes con- 

 sisting of two round, flat, blue discs behind rictus, and a yellow 

 triangular cushion-like lobe behind them ; body beneath 

 and side of head dull pale green ; under wing-coverts, breast, 

 and abdomen pale brown ; under tail-coverts rufous brown ; 

 inner edges of remiges pale brown ; tail fuscous, with 

 brownish ashy edges : upper mandible fuscous with yellow 

 edge, lower yellow with the base below fuscous ; legs and 

 feet pinky grey. 



Described from a spirit-specimen. 



Fam. Paradiseid^. 



~T 34. PaROTIA HELENiEj Sp. nOV. 



This species bears a very close general resemblance to 

 P. lawesi, Rams., and might be described in the same terms, 

 were it not differentiated from it by the form and colouring 

 of the crest and the non-elongation of the superciliary 

 plumes ; the supranasal part of the crest is erect and very 

 low anteriorly and ascends gently to the forehead, the frontal 

 part is suddenly elongated and forms a compressed rounded 

 lobe; the short anterior portion is bright bronze-brown, the 

 elevated posterior part is dark coftee-brown, with a paler 

 bronze-brown reflection, and the adjacent parts of the head 

 are similar in colour and lustre : " iris in both sexes yellow, 

 pupil light blue ; beak black ; feet in male corneous or light 

 brown, in female iron-grey ; contents of stomach, fruits. 

 Native name ' Kanaro.^ " 



The females of the two species can be distinguished only 

 by the colour of the thighs, which in P. lawesi is rufous, in 

 P. helen(S fuscous. 



" Four males, one female : Neneba, Mt. Scratchley, at 

 4000 feet, Nov.3rd-4th, 1896." Also one spirit-specimen. 



-\^ 35. ^LURCEDUS SUBCAUDALIS, sp. nOV. 



Above bright green ; rectrices rather duller and uniform ; 

 outer edges of wing-coverts and secondaries with a bluish 

 shade, the latter with small buff apical spots. Head above, 



