﻿Oil 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Est 
  and 
  a 
  Sta. 
  Elena. 
  483 
  

  

  M'lien 
  the 
  males, 
  in 
  companies 
  of 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  six, 
  hokl 
  

   their 
  dancing-parties 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  trees. 
  Females 
  on 
  the 
  

   wing 
  bearing 
  nesting-materials 
  were 
  often 
  seen, 
  but 
  for 
  a 
  

   long 
  time 
  no 
  nest 
  conld 
  be 
  discovered. 
  The 
  males 
  were 
  

   also 
  observed 
  with 
  like 
  materials 
  in 
  their 
  bills, 
  though 
  they 
  

   generally 
  dropped 
  them 
  again. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  October 
  a 
  young 
  

   bird 
  made 
  its 
  appearance 
  on 
  the 
  mountains 
  behind 
  Butaueng 
  

   on 
  Huon 
  Gulf. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  rainy 
  season 
  

   (S.E. 
  monsoon) 
  generally 
  ceases, 
  and 
  the 
  dry 
  N.W. 
  monsoon 
  

   then 
  prevails 
  till 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  April. 
  The 
  moulting 
  of 
  

   the 
  Bird 
  of 
  Paradise 
  begins 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  October; 
  in 
  

   January 
  the 
  gorgeous 
  new 
  feathers 
  begin 
  to 
  sprout, 
  but 
  it 
  

   is 
  only 
  in 
  July 
  that 
  the 
  breeding-plumage 
  becomes 
  fully 
  

   developed 
  in 
  its 
  finest 
  phase. 
  The 
  brothers 
  Geisler 
  once 
  

   observed 
  this 
  Paradise-l)ird 
  robbing 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  Chalcophaps 
  

   stephani 
  ; 
  a 
  specimen 
  kept 
  in 
  captivity 
  also 
  sucked 
  other 
  

   eggs 
  with 
  avidity. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  state 
  of 
  our 
  knowledge, 
  P. 
  

   augustce-victorice 
  has 
  only 
  a 
  narrow 
  range 
  along 
  the 
  borders 
  

   of 
  Huon 
  Gulf, 
  north 
  of 
  which, 
  in 
  Astrolabe 
  Bay, 
  P. 
  finschi 
  

   occurs, 
  and 
  in 
  South 
  and 
  South-east 
  New 
  Guinea 
  P. 
  raggiana, 
  

   which 
  is 
  represented 
  on 
  the 
  d^Entrecasteaux 
  Islands 
  by 
  

   P. 
  decora. 
  It 
  appears 
  that 
  red 
  and 
  yellow 
  Paradise-birds 
  

   do 
  not 
  occur 
  together, 
  but 
  represent 
  each 
  other. 
  According 
  

   to 
  the 
  Geislers, 
  P. 
  augusta-victoria 
  never 
  changes 
  its 
  hunting- 
  

   ground. 
  

  

  XLIV. 
  — 
  Field-Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Estancia 
  Sta. 
  Elena, 
  

   Argentine 
  Republic. 
  By 
  A. 
  H. 
  Holland. 
  With 
  

   Remarks 
  hy 
  P. 
  L. 
  Sclater. 
  

  

  [Mr. 
  Holland 
  has 
  sent 
  me 
  specimens 
  of 
  all 
  these 
  species 
  for 
  

   examination. 
  I 
  have 
  verijfied 
  the 
  names, 
  and 
  have 
  added 
  a 
  

   few 
  remarks 
  where 
  necessary. 
  — 
  P. 
  L. 
  S.l 
  

  

  1. 
  MiMus 
  TRiuRUs 
  (Arg. 
  Orn. 
  i. 
  p. 
  8). 
  

   Rare, 
  arriving 
  here 
  in 
  November. 
  The 
  iris 
  of 
  this 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  was 
  certainly 
  pale 
  greenish, 
  so 
  Mr. 
  Hudson, 
  who 
  calls 
  it 
  

  

  2m 
  2 
  

  

  