36 A Air. Wiilter Ruthscliikl on 



a hybrid between Cichinurus regius and Diplu/llodes 

 gidielmi-tertii. It is exactly intermediate as regards tail^ 

 breast-shield^ and flanks. 



Paradisea apoda gkanti North. 



Paradisea granti North, Vict. Nat. xxii. p. 147 (1906). 



(^ ad. Intermediate between P. a. intermedia and P. a. 

 avgvstcB-victorue . 



Above rich straw-colour ; sides of lower back vinous 

 brown ; scapulars and lesser wing-coverts vinous brown, with 

 an ashy shade and washed with straw-colour; median coverts 

 rich straw-colour; greater coverts and quills chestnut-brown 

 washed with straw-colour ; tail chestnut-brown, the two 

 central feathers elongated, and similar in the terminal portion 

 to P. intermedia ; crown of head, neck, and a broad collar 

 on lower throat rich straw-yellow ; base of forehead, lores, 

 cheeks, and throat metallic green; chin velvety black glossed 

 with dull metallic green ; fore-neck and upper breast very 

 dark vinous brown, the plumage like rich velvet pile as in 

 P. avgustcE-victori<s ; remainder of under surface, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts vinous brown ; elongated flank-plumes 

 reddish orange, gradually becoming paler till the elongated 

 tips are orange-white, the shorter side-plumes being mixed 

 with some feathers tipped with blood-red. Bill bluish horn- 

 coloured ; legs and feet (in skin) brown. 



Wing 175 mm. ; tail without central rectrices 150 ram., 

 central rectrices 500 mm. ; flank-plumes 475 mm. ; culmen 

 35 mm. ; metatarsus 40 mm. 



Ha/jttat. Routh-East German New Guinea ? 



Manucodia atra altera Rothsch. & Hartert. 



Manucodia ater altera Rothschild & Hartert, Novit. Zool. 

 x. pp. 84, 85 (1903). 



M. atra altera differs from M. atra atra in having the 

 head less greenish, the bill much stouter and higher and 

 generally longer, and the wing much longer. 



Wing: M. a. atra, 168-188 mm.; M. a. altera, 193- 

 206 mm. Culmen : M. a. atra, 35-40 mm. ; M. a. altera, 

 40-44 mm. 



