414 Mr. P. L. Sclater on Macgregor^s Paradise-bird. 



dark central line. Under wing-coverts white, showing as 

 a conspicuous mark when the bird is on the wing, as in Pro- 

 cellaria cooki, to which, and to P. mollis, it is closely allied. 

 Bill black ; tarsi fleshy black ; toes and webs, except basal 

 portion of the latter, which are flesh-coloured, black. Total 

 length 4^ inches * ; extent of wings 28 ; wing 8^ ; tail 4i ; 

 bill from rictus 1^, and from base 1 ; tarsus 1 ; middle toe 

 and claw 1^. There is no outward sexual distinction.^' 



XXXVI. — Remarks on Macgregor's Paradise-bird, Cnemo- 

 philus macgregori. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., 



r.R.s. 



(Plate X.) 



Mr. C. W. De Vis, of the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 

 has most kindly forwarded to me for examination the typical 

 and unique example of the new Paradise-bird, Cnemophilus 

 macgregori, discovered by Sir William Macgregor's expe- 

 dition during the ascent of the Owen-Stanley Mountains, and 

 described by Mr. De Vis in the report on Sir W. Macgregor's 

 birds, which has been reprinted in the January number of 

 this Journal (see above, p. 25). I have had the pleasure of 

 showing this beautiful specimen to Count T. Salvadori, 

 Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, and other experienced ornithologists, 

 who all agree with Mr. De Vis that it is a new and very dis- 

 tinct form, and well worthy of generic separation from other 

 known birds. I also exhibited the specimen at the Meeting 

 of the Zoological Society on the 3rd of March lastf, where 

 it attracted general admiration. 



I have now the pleasure of giving the first figure of this 

 brilliant bird (Plate X.) and of oflering a few remarks on its 

 structure and afiinities. 



Mr. A. P. Goodwin, who first mentioned and shortly de- 

 scribed the present species, called it a Paradise-bird, and 



* Doubtless a misprint. Tlie Welsh specimen, which is mounted, 

 measures, roughly, from the tip of the bill to the tip of the tail 12 

 inches. 



t See P. Z. S. 1891, p. 179. 



