1878.] COLLECTED BY THE 'CHALLENGER.' 123 



10. Manucodia gouldi, Gray. 



Manucodia gouldi, Gld. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 236 ; Sharpe 

 Cat. of B. iii. p. 181. 



Manucodia keraudreni, Gld. B. Austr. Suppl. pi. 9. 



Two female specimens. "No. 152. Bower-bird. Eyes orange, 

 bill and legs black. Stomach contained small seeds. For curious 

 loop in the wind-pipe see body. This bird was shot on the island 

 opposite Somerset by Moseley." The colours of the soft parts and 

 contents of the stomach are the same in the other specimen. 



The two skins sent agree well with Mr. Sharpe's description and 

 differ from Mr. Elliot's figure of the New-Guinea species (M. ke- 

 raudreni) in the points noticed in Gray's original description of the 

 species. The curious conformation of the trachea in M. keraudreni 

 has long been known, having been originally described by Lesson. 

 Beccari (Ibis, 18/6, p. 252) says he thinks it probable that this 

 is a peculiarity of the male sex. Mr. Murray's notes, however, 

 would seem to contradict this view, unless, as is hardly likely, two 

 species otherwise so nearly allied should differ in this peculiarity. 



11. Ptilorhis alberti, Elliot. 



Ptiloris alberti, Ell. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 583; id. Mon. Parad. pi. 

 xxiv. ; Sharpe, Cat. of B. iii. p. 156. 



Ptiloris magnificus, Gould, B. Austr. Supp. pi. 5 1 . 



Craspedophora magnifica, id. Handb. i. p. 595. 



Six skins of this Rifle-bird from Cape York, four of which are 

 adult males in full plumage, and one a female. Auother, marked $ , 

 is either a young male coming into full plumage, or more probably 

 an aged female assuming male plumage, as some of the feathers on 

 the top of the head show traces of a metallic blue colour, as also 

 does the shoulder, whilst more or fewer of the primaries on each 

 side have acquired the black colour characteristic of the male. Of 

 Nos. 164 and 165 it is noted in Mr. Murray's journal : — "Males: 

 eyes, bill, and legs black, soles of the feet yellow. The stomach 

 contained a red fruit, with a large stone about the size of a pea. 

 Some parts of insects in 165." Of No. 184, " Female : eyes black; 

 stomach contained ants and grubs." Besides the specimens sent, 

 several others seem to have been procured. An interesting account 

 of the shooting of these specimens will be found in Lord George 

 Campbell's 'Log Letters from the 'Challenger," p. 185. 



12. Mimeta viridis (Lath.). 



Mimeta viridis, Gld. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 462. 

 Oriolus viridis, Gld. B. Austr. iv. pi. 13; Sharpe, Cat. of B. iii. 

 p. 212. 



A young male from Cape York, agreeing generally with Mr. 

 Sharpe's description (I. c.) of the young bird. "No. 169, rf . 

 Thrush." 



13. Mimeta flavocinctus (King). 



Mimeta flavocimta, Gld. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 466. 



