86 Mr. W, H. Ogilvie-Grant on the Birds collected 



far apart, there seems to be no reason why they should 

 not be male and female of the same species. The female 

 obtained by the Expedition possesses many characteristics 

 in common with the male type of C. tauterhaclii, and the 

 differences in plumage are just what one would expect to 

 find in the female of that species. 



The beautiful Cat-bird {^Ehiroedus stonei) was fairly 

 plentiful^ and is remarkable on account of its peculiar 

 colouring. The cap is brown, the back grass-green, and 

 the neck and under-parts bulf, spotted with black, or green 

 on the longer flank-feathers. The eye is hazel and the bill 

 and legs slate-blue. The sexes arc alike in plumage. It 

 derives its ])opular name from its peculiar hissing alarm- 

 note, not unlike the sound made by an angry cat. 



Of the Manucodes, four diii'erent kinds Avere met with. 

 They are all Crow-like birds with brilliant metallic-black 

 plumage glossed ivith purple, green, or blue, and form a 

 link between the Paradise-Birds and the true Crows. The 

 Purple-and-Violet Manucode {Phonygamajamesi) is distin- 

 guished by possessing tufts of long, narrow, metallic-green 

 plumes behind the eye, and by having the neck-feathers 

 similarly lengthened; while the other three belonging to 

 the genus Maimcodia haAC the head and neck covered with 

 short curly feathers. These curly-headed species are much 

 alike in general appearance, but M. orienialts has the short 

 curly feathers on the chest and breast gbttering golden- 

 green, while in M. jobiensis and M. altera the same parts 

 are dark steel-blue. Inter se the two latter kinds differ 

 considerably, both structurally and in colour. AI. jobiensis 

 is smaller and has the feathers of the throat rounded and 

 crinkled, and the upper-parts glossed with a strong shade 

 of violet; Mhile M. altera is larger and has the throat- 

 feathers short but rather j)ointed, and the general colour 

 above purplish-blue or steel-blue. 



In most of the Manucodes the trachea is very long and 

 convoluted, that of the Purple-and-Violet species possessing 

 no fewer than twelve coils which lie between the skin and 

 tiie pectoral muscles. In spite of this marvellous instrument 



