from the Papuan Region. 421 



than P. minor. Now, having received from Constantine 

 Harbour and its neighbourhood six specimens of different 

 ages (Weisser and Kubary), I may state that the differences 

 in size hold good, the ornamental plumes being shorter and 

 the bill more slender, though its colour is as in P. minor 

 (contrary to the statement /. c.) . The skin brought home by 

 Dr. Finsch had been prepared by natives, and is somewhat 

 faded ; the differences of colour (compared with P. minor) in 

 fresh specimens are not so noticeable as was maintained I. c, 

 though existent ; besides, the yellow of the lesser wing- 

 coverts is more restricted and the mantle rather darker than 

 in P. minor. 



25. Paradisea august.e-victori^, Cab. 



A male from Kaiserwilhelmsland, without exact locality. 

 Prof. Cabanis has given a short Latin diagnosis of the male 

 (J. f. O. 1888, p. 119), and has figured male and female (ib. 

 1889, pi. ii.), but he also could give no exact locality for his 

 specimens. It may be that Van Musschenbroek (Dagboek, 

 van Bernstein, 1883, p. 187) had previously mentioned the 

 species, though it would be difficult to be sure of it. More- 

 over that author appears to have named at the same time 

 (I. c.) P. gulielmi-secundi of Cabanis as P. minor, var. albes- 

 cens. (Comp. also Salvadori, Orn. Pap. Suppl. ii. p. 158, 

 sub P. minor.) 



26. ClCINNURUS REGIUS (L.). 



A pair from Constantine Harbour or that neighbourhood 

 (Kubary). The male, not yet in full plumage, has a lighter 

 tail, like the specimen from Kafu, north coast of New Guinea, 

 mentioned by me (Z. f. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 36), and the black 

 marking over the eye appears to be very long and pointed. 



27. Ptilopus quadrigeminus, n. sp. 



Pt. gemino, Salv., similis, sed capitis lateribus et gula cinereis 

 vix virescentibus ; pileo lilacino paulo lsetiore, postice 

 linea purpurea nulla ; area abdominis crocea paulo pal- 

 lidiore diversus. 

 Long. al. 0*115 m., caud. 0-066, rostri 0-012, tarsi 0-015. 



