26 Mr. C. W. De Vis on Birds 



very distinct kind of Bower-bird, obtained on jMount Knuts- 

 ford, at an elevation of 11,000 feet, and rivalling the Regent- 

 bird in beauty. The name Cnemophilus (Mountain-slope 

 Lover) has been appropriated to it, and the species I propose, 

 with permission, to dedicate to yourself. A second new 

 Bower-bird, constituting a third species of the genus Ambly- 

 ornis, and distinguished by a very ornate crest, will, if allowed, 

 be honoured with the name of Lady Macgregor, It is well 

 to note that the diversity in the structure of the bowers of 

 this and of the other crested species oiAmblyurnis is far greater 

 than the differences in their personal attributes. At your 

 request the name of Mr. Belford, one of your party, has been 

 associated with a capture in which he was conceraed, a new 

 Honey-eater, of the genus Melirrhophetes : a similar compli- 

 ment has been paid to another member of your collecting 

 staff, Mr. C. Kowald, in connection with the beautiful genus 

 of Flycatchers, Todopsis. The number of species procured 

 during the Expedition to the Owen-Stanley Range was 61, 

 eight of them being apparently new to science. 



The expectations of ornithologists who have for some time 

 been awaiting the exploration of that region will thus be in 

 some measure fulfilled, notwithstanding that no new Birds 

 of Paradise have been discovered. Perhaps, however, the 

 greatest interest attaching to the ornithological results ob- 

 tained arises from the fact that the decided change of climate 

 observed at the altitude attained, over 13,000 feet, is not 

 attended by a corresponding change in the types of bird-life ; 

 it would seem that there is even here no infusion of forms 

 characterizing temperate or cold latitudes. It is true that no 

 birds were brought down from the highest points reached, 

 bat at 13,000 feet a Flycatcher was procured which is essen- 

 tially Australian in type. The presence of a Blackbird, now 

 first discovered in New Guinea, is not in this connection 

 contradictory, since the genus Merula is represented in other 

 of the Pacific Islands. 



Some interesting additions to our knowledge of the birds 

 of the Louisiade Archipelago result from your visits to the 

 islands within your jurisdiction. 21 species from East, 



