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  The 
  Editor 
  on 
  two 
  Papuan 
  Birds. 
  

  

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  Parann/f/iia 
  docs 
  not 
  fit 
  in 
  well 
  Avith 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  

   gronps, 
  and 
  must 
  consequently 
  (until 
  further 
  investigation) 
  

   stand 
  l)y 
  itself, 
  as 
  representative 
  of 
  a 
  family, 
  Paramythiidoe, 
  

   coming 
  perhaps 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  Am})elicUe 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   Dieandre. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  works 
  in 
  which 
  Paramythia 
  are 
  described 
  are 
  not 
  

   readily 
  accessible, 
  I 
  reprint 
  Mr. 
  de 
  Vis's 
  accnrate 
  description 
  

   of 
  this 
  remarkable 
  form 
  to 
  accompany 
  the 
  figure. 
  

  

  Bill 
  and 
  foot 
  of 
  Paramythia 
  montiiim. 
  

  

  " 
  Pakamythia, 
  de 
  Vis. 
  

  

  " 
  Bill 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  slightly 
  notched 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  

   compressed, 
  acuminate 
  ; 
  fore 
  part 
  of 
  upper 
  mandible 
  curving 
  

   gently 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  cnlmen 
  obtuse 
  ; 
  tomium 
  somewhat 
  in- 
  

   flected. 
  Nostril 
  exposed, 
  elongate-ovate, 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  

   half 
  of 
  the 
  nasal 
  groove, 
  with 
  a 
  superior 
  membrane. 
  A 
  few 
  

   small 
  soft 
  rictal 
  hairs. 
  Wing 
  subacnminate, 
  snbelongatc 
  ; 
  

   the 
  first 
  primary 
  in 
  place 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  eighth 
  ; 
  the 
  third, 
  

   fourth, 
  fifth, 
  and 
  sixth 
  forming 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Tail 
  

   long-er 
  than 
  wing, 
  cuneate. 
  Tarsus 
  moderate, 
  with 
  scutella- 
  

   tion 
  entire. 
  A 
  small 
  bare 
  spot 
  behind 
  the 
  eye. 
  Head 
  

   crested. 
  

  

  " 
  Pakamythia 
  moxtium, 
  de 
  Vis. 
  (Plate 
  VII.) 
  

   '^ 
  Chin, 
  throat, 
  fore 
  cheek, 
  lore, 
  a 
  narrow 
  superciliary 
  line, 
  

   and 
  a 
  broad 
  frontal 
  crest 
  extending 
  over 
  crown 
  black 
  ; 
  sin- 
  

  

  