1]4 ^Iv. W. \l. 0-ilvie-Grant on the 



Mr. Pratt had a young example of P. apoda brought to hiiu 

 nlive, which a native had caught in the jungle." 



The egg fioured measures 1-54 x 1*08 inches. Tliat 

 described and figured by Meyer is very much smaller, about 

 r.'jO X 1-0 inches, and may not be the egg of P. apoda. It 

 agrees closely in size and colour with an e^g of P. ragglana 

 presented to the Natural History Museum by Captain Barton. 

 Though obtained by Ribbe at Siltute, Aru Islands, it may 

 have been brought there l)y natives from New Guinea for 

 ])ur[)oscs of trade. 



Pauadisea ragoiaxa. (Plate IIT. fig. 1.) 



Puradhca ranrjiana Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S."\\. viii. 

 p. 26 (1883); Hartcrt, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 489, pi. x. fig. 3 

 (1910). 



1. Kokada, N. side of Owen Stanley Range. Presented 

 by Cai)tain P. R. Barton. 



]. Wamai, S. side of Owen Stanley Range. Presented 

 by Captain P. R. Barton. 



There is no reason to doubt that these eggs o^ P.raggiana 

 have been correctly identified, Captain Barton having obtained 

 them from a reliable native collector, and having assured 

 himself on this point. The eggs are very similar to one 

 another and resemble the figure given by Dr. Barter t, who 

 describes an egg procured by A. S. Anthony in the Owen 

 Stanley jSIountains at au elevation of 2000 ft. 



The egg figured is that procured at Kokada and measures 

 1'4X'93 inch; that from "Wamai is rather larger and 

 measures 1*42 x 1'02. 



The nest and egg of this species were first recorded by 

 Dr. E. P, Ramsay in his paper quoted above. He gives the 

 measurements of the egg as l'45x'95, but no indication is 

 added either of the locality AAhere it was obtained or of the 

 name of the collector. 



AsTRAPiA sTEPiiANi.T^:. (Plate III. fig. 3.) 

 Astrapia stephania Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 488, pi. x. 

 fig. 8 (1910). 



1 (laid in captivity). Bagutana, Owen Stanley j\Its., 8000- 



