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SUB-FAMILY EPIMACHIN.E. 

 Bill elongated and slender ; culmen longer than tarsus. 



GENUS PTILORHIS. Flank feathers rounded, with metallic or 



glossy tips. 



55. P. paradisea, Linn., Rifle-bird. 



(a) Larger ; chest purple ; gular shield metallic green ; breast and 

 abdomen olive rifle green ; chin and sides of throat black with 

 scarcely any purple gloss. Female buff beneath, with distinct sub- 

 terminal bands of black. 



Hab. : 2, 3. 



56. P. victoriae, Gld., Victoria Rifle-bird. 



(b) Smaller ; chin and sides of throat with a reflection of burnished 

 copper ; gular shield somewhat smaller, the purple colour extending 

 over the fore-neck, chest, and upper breast ; remainder ofj under 

 surface more of an olivaceous green. Female fawn colour below, 

 with dusky spots. 



Hab. : 2. 



GENUS CRASPEDOPHORA. Flank feathers elongated into silky plumes 

 with hair-like ends. 



57. C. magnifica, Vieill., New Guinea Rifle-bird. 



Base of culmen not covered by the frontal plumes ; breast reddish- 

 purple below the double pectoral band. Female with the head 

 rufous like the back. 

 Hab. : 2. 



58. C. alberti, Masters (Ptilorhis alberti), Albert Rifle-bird. 



Base of culmen bare, not covered by the frontal plumes ; breast 

 only green below the pectoral collar. Female with the head ashy- 

 brown, the back olivaceous brown. 

 Hab. : 2. 



SUB-FAMILY PARADISEIN^:. 



Bill short and more or less stout ; culmen not so long as tarsus. 

 GENUS PHONYGAMA. Pointed tuft of feathers on side of crown. 



59. P. gOllldi, Gray (Manucodia gouldi), Manucode. 



Centre of crown lengthened ; ear plumes, lanceolate feathers on side 

 of neck, back, rump, and breast green ; shoulders, primaries, and 

 tail purplish -black, as are also the lower abdomen and under tail 

 coverts ; bill and legs black. 



Total length, 11 *5 in. ; bill, 1 '25 in. ; wing, 6 in. ; tail, 5 in. ; tarsus, 

 1-5 in. 



Hab.: 2. 



GENUS PRIONODUR A. Outstretched feet reach to about middle of tail. 



60. P. newtoniana, De Vis (P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. vii.) 



Above uniform olive-brown ; beneath impure grey ; under surface 

 of wing with base of inner webs of primaries and entire inner webs of 

 secondaries broadly edged with pale sulphur-yellow ; under surface of 

 shafts of wing and tail feathers yellow. Female olive and grey. 



Length, 8 '25 in. ; wing, 1 1 '5 in. 

 Hab. : 2. 



FAMILY ORIOLID^E. 



Bill with a notch in the upper mandible ; nostrils placed well in front of 

 the base of the bill and quite bare. 



GENUS ORIOLUS. Lores are feathered. 



61. O, flavicinctllS, King (Mimeta flavicincta), Yellow Oriole. 



Upper surface yellow and black ; breast streaked ; belly uniform 

 olive-yellow. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



