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the head, sides of the neck and mantle orange-scarlet, 

 the feathers of the latter being very long and loose and 

 forming a dense cape ; the rest of the plumage is orange- 

 3'ellow above and golden-yellow below : the ends of the 

 quills and the tail-feathers, being black. 



The female has the iris brown and is more sombrely 

 clad, the head and upper-parts, including the wings and 

 tail, being earthy-brown, while the under-parts, under 

 wing-coverts and wing-lining, are yellow, like those of 

 the male, but less bright. 



This beautiful species was originally described from 

 an imperfect native-made skin obtained by the Itahan 

 naturalist, D'Albertis, on the Fly River. Subsequently, 

 Dr. H. A. Lorentz shot two adult males on the Noord 

 River, which were described and figured by Dr. Van Oort. 

 Our expedition was fortunate enough to secure not only 

 adult males, but also the immature male and adult female, 

 these latter being hitherto unknown. 



The display of the male bird must be a very beautiful 

 sight, his scarlet cape being no doubt erected, and form- 

 ing a great hood over the head. 



Among the Bower-Birds, one of the most interesting 

 was a remarkable female example of a species of Chlamy- 

 dodera procured on the Kamura River. Unlike any of 

 the allied forms, it has the under-surface washed with 

 yellow, and appears to be the female of C. laiitevhachi, 

 of which the brilliantly coloured male was described by 

 Dr. Reichenow from an example procured in German 

 New Guinea. 



The male has the crown and sides of the face golden- 

 orange, the upper-parts olive-brown, edged with yellowish, 

 and the under-parts bright ^tIIow. It is a very striking 

 bird and much the most brightly coloured member of the 

 genus. 



Though the two specimens were obtained in localities 

 so far apart, there seems to be no reason why they should 



