1s6i.] collected by mr. wallace. 431 



Paradisea rubra. 



A specimen marked by Mr. Wallace as a male exhibits the cirrhi 

 as extending for about three inches and a quarter beyond the tail- 

 leathers, and ending in spatula-formed ends, composed of rather short 

 and broad lateral webs. This peculiar character may denote it to 

 be a young bird, of which as the bird advances in age the cirrhi 

 prolong and the lateral webs at the ends wear off (see "Wallace, 

 'Ibis,' 1861, p. 290). 



It may here be remarked that a specimen with lengthened cirrhi 

 and with long narrow-webbed ends was described as a distinct spe- 

 cies under the name of Paradisea bartlettii by Mr. Goodwin in the 

 • Proceedings' of this Society, 1860, p. 243. The example referred 

 to may now be considered as the young oi Paradisea papuana. 



Calornis gularis, G. R. Gr. 



-This species is very like the Calornis viridescens, but with less 

 green on the nape; and it possesses the same rich glossy purple 

 colour on the throat as is found on the breast. 



Total length 8" 11'", bill from gape 9^'", wings 3" 9'". 



Hub. Mysol. 



Calornis mysolensis, G. R. Gr. 



It agrees in many respects with the Calornis obscura, but it is of 

 a richer glossy green over the whole surface. 



Total length 9" 2'", bill from gape 11'", wings 3" 9"'. 

 Hab. INlysol. 



Calornis cantoroides, G. R. Gr. 



Lamprotornis cantor, Midi.? 



Black, with glossy green reflexions, as in the former species ; but 

 the tail is shorter, and nearly square at its end. 



Total length 7" 5'", bill from gape 11'", wings 3" 8'". 

 Hab. Mysol. 



Eos cochinsinensis, var. 



This variety differs in having an irregular collar of blue round the 

 neck. 



Flab. Waigiou. 



Chrysococcyx pcecilurus, G. R. Gr. 



Ck)-i/sococci/,v Incidus, auct. 



The upper surface is like that of C. lucidus, but the inner webs of 

 the tail-feathers (except the first and central feathers) are rufous, 

 with broad black bands and white tips ; the outer feather of each side 

 is banded with white, rufous, and black, the black and white bauds are 

 the broadest ; the inner margins of the quills rufous white. The 

 glossy seueous bands on the under surface apparently more numerous 

 and rather narrower than in C. lucidus of New Zealand. 



Hab. Mysol. 



The Australasian examples have the margins of the inner webs of 

 the tail rufous, but the inner margins of the quills are always white. 



