recently described Paradiseidte. 351 



Tring Museum aud, witli the exception of the first, have been 

 figured in 'Novitates Zoologicie/ vol. xvii. pi. x. (1910)* : — 



*Ptilonorhyiichus violaceus ( Vieill.). 

 ^luroedus viridis {Lath.). 



* „ melanotis maculosus Rams. 



* „ buccoides geislerorum Meyer. 

 *Scenopoeetes dentirostris {Rams.), 

 *Clilamydera cerviniveutris Gould. 



* „ maculata maculata {Gould). 

 „ „ guttata Gould. 



* „ nuclialis nuclialis {Jard. ^- Selbi/). 

 „ „ orientalis Gould. 



Sericuhis chrysocephalus (Le/vm). 

 *Prionodura uewtoniana de Jls. 

 *Parotia sefilata lawesi Rams. 

 *Lopliorina superba minor Rams. 

 *Ptilorbis magnifica intercedens Sharpe. 

 „ „ alberti Elliot. 



„ magm&ca {T'ieill.). 



* „ paradisea victorije Gould. 

 *Seleucides ignotus (Forst.). 

 *Astrapia stepbaiuEe {Finsch 4' Meyer). 



Paradisea apoda apoda Linn. 



* „ „ raggiana Scl. 



* ,, „ augustae-victorife Cab. 



* „ rudolphi (Finsch). 



* „ minor minor Shaw. 



* ,, „ finscbi A. B. Meyer. 

 Maniicodia atra atra {Less.). 



* „ „ altera Rothsch. i.^* Mart. 



* ,, chalybata orientalis Salvad. 



* „ comrii Scl. 

 *Phonygammus keraudreni jamesi Sharpe. 



„ „ gouldi (Gray). 



Lycocorax pyrrhopterus obiensis Bernst. 



In this article, as the result of closer examination of the 

 various Paradiseida, I have united a number of forms in the 

 various genera as subspecies. I repeat here my reason for 

 doing this in many families of birds. If a form replaces 

 another geographically, but structurally and otherwise 



* Since tbis was written nests and eggs of Astrapia rotlischildi Foerst. 

 aud Paradisea gulielmi Cab. bare been received at Tring. 



