LOPIIORHINA. AMBLYORNfS. 451 



Genus LOPHORHINA, Vie'dl. 

 Lophorhina minor, llamsay. 



Lophorhina superba minor, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. x. p. 242 



(1885). 

 Lophorhina minor, Sharpe, Monogr. Paradis. fy Ptilon. ii. p. 41, pi. xxiii. 



(1895); id., Hand-l. v. p. 583 (1909); Ojilvie- Grant, 76^,1912, 



p. 116, pi. iii. fig. 6. 

 Lophorina superba minor, Harferf, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 487, pi. x. figs. 22, 



23 (1910). 



An egg of the Lesser Superb Bird-of-Paradise is of a regular 

 oval shape, somewhat compressed at the smaller end, and dis- 

 tinctly glossy. The ground is pale brownish-cream-colour, thickly 

 and finely spotted and dotted all over the shell with pale yellowish- 

 brown and heavily marked round the broader end with longitudinal 

 streaks of vandyke-browu and dark lilac-grey, the latter being more 

 or less confluent. It measures 1'24 by '85. 



Two eggs figured and described by Dr. Hartert agree in size and 

 general appearance with the above ; but the longitudinal markings 

 are distributed all over the shell. One has the ground-colour 

 brownish-buff and the brownish-grey and pale brown markings 

 rather faint; the other has the ground cream-colour, and the 

 reddish-brown and bluish-grey markings much stronger. 



1. Kagi, nr. Mt. Victoria, 6000 ft., Capt. F. R. Barton [P.]. 

 Owen Stanley Range, 



Genus AMBLYORNIS, filliot. 

 Amblyornis inornatus (Schl.). 



Amblyornis inornata, Beccari, Ann. Mus. Cii\ Genov. ix. p. 382 (1879) ; 

 Gould, Birds New Guinea, i. pi. 46(1879); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. vi. p. 394 (1881); id., Mowyr. Paradis. $ Ptilon. ii. p. 5L 

 (1893) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 584 (1909), 



An egg of the Gardener Bower-bird is of a narrow oval shape 

 and moderately glossy. It is of a uniform cream-colour, and 

 measures 1*65 by 1*09. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [0.]. 



Amblyornis subalaris, Sharps. 



Amblyornis subalaris, Gould, Birds New Guinea, i. pi. 47 (1886) ; Sharye, 

 Monogr. Paradis. $ Ptilon. ii. p. 55 (1894) ; id., Hand-l v. p. 584 

 (1909). 



An egg of the Orange-crested Bower-bird is of a regular oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. It is of a uniform cream-colour, 

 and measures 1*6 by I'll. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



