247 STURNID^E. PARADISEIDJS. 



Genus PTILONORHYNCHUS. 



344. Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, Vieill. Silky Bower-bird. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 



a. Male. Presented by Thomas Walker, Esq., F.Z.S., 



Dec. 24, 1857. 



b. Purchased, Jan. 4, 1865. 



c. Purchased, Jan. 12, 1865. 



d. Male; e. Female. Presented by the Acclimatization 



Society of Sydney, April 19, 1866. 

 /. Purchased, May 9, 1866. 

 g, h. Purchased, April 19, 1869. 

 i,j. Males. Purchased, Nov. 15, 1871. 

 Jc-o. Purchased, Dec. 29, 1874. 

 p-w. Received in exchange, Nov. 11, 1879. 

 x. Purchased, May 2, 1882. 



345. Ptilonorhynchus smithi (Vig. & Horsf.). Cat-bird. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 



a. Received in exchange, Nov. 11, 1879. Entered as P. 

 violaceus. 



Genus CHLAMYDODERA. 



346. Chlamydodera maculata, Gould. Spotted Bower-bird. 

 Hab. Australia. 



a. Purchased, May 11, 1882. 

 6. Purchased, July 25, 1882. 



Family PARADISEID.E. 

 Genus PARADISEA. 



347. Paradisea minor, Shaw. Lesser Bird of Paradise. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



a, 6. Males. Purchased for the Society at Singapore, and 

 brought home by A. R. Wallace, Esq., F.Z.S., April 1, 

 1862. See P. Z. S. 1862, p. 123. 



c, d. Males. Purchased, May 2, 1878. See P. Z. S. 1878, 

 p, 631. 



