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LuPHORlXA SUPERBA LATIPEXNIS. 



Lophorina ntiiior latipennis Rotlisch. Bull. B. O. C. xix. 

 p. 92 (1907). 



(^ ad. Differs from the male of L. minor minor from 

 British New Guinea in having the long lateral plumes of 

 the pectoral shield slightly longer and distinctly wider. 



Habitat. Rawlinson Mountains, German New Guinea. 



Genus Loborhamphus. 



Allied to LamprotJiorax. Differs from that genus in having 

 longer pectoral tufts which are more curved, in having a 

 much less developed nuchal frill, and in having two yellow 

 fleshy lobes or folds on the basal third of the bill, forming 

 two wattles on each side. The tail is graduated and like 

 that of an Astrapia, not short and square with the two 

 central feathers elongated and narrow. 



Two species: L. nobilis Rothsch. and L. ptilorhis Sharpe. 



Loborhamphus nobilis. 



Loborhamplius nobilis Rothsch. Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 34 

 (1901); Rothsch. & Hartert, Notes on Papuan Birds, Novit. 

 Zool. X. pp. 65, 72, 89, pi. i. 



^ ad. Crown metallic pur])le ; neck, back, and rump 

 velvety black with a strong bronze gloss. Wings and tail 

 black with a purple sheen on the exposed webs. Sides of 

 the neck and head coppery bronze. Chin and throat dark 

 bronzy green. Pectoral shield glittering purple with metallic- 

 blue reflexion. Some of the feathers of the lateral tufts 

 have a metallic-blue border. Below the pectoral shield is an 

 ill-defined wide bronze-green band. Rest of under surface 

 black with a strong wash of purple. 



Wing 1G5 mm. ; tail 154 mm., lateral pair of tail-feathers 

 105 mm,; bill from gape 37 mm. ; culmeu 32 mm.; meta- 

 tarsus 44 mm. 



Habitat. Dutch New Guinea ( Van Renesse van Duiven- 

 hode) . 



