648 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [Juiie 16, 



151. Paradigalla carunculata, Less. 

 Paradigalla carunculata, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 530. 



a. S ■ Arfak. 



b, c. S • Arfak (Bruijn). 

 d-ff. 2 • Arfak (Bruijn). 



Iris red ; bill and feet black. M. Laglaize informed me that the 

 colour of the upper caruucle is orange, of the middle bright leaf- 

 green, of the lower red. 



The females only differ in their smaller size, in the caruncles and 

 nasal tufts being smaller, and in the absence of the brilliant 

 metallic purple reflections of the upper surface. 



152. Astrapia nigra (Gm.). 



Astrapia nigra, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 535. 



a, b. S ' Arfak {Bruijn), 



c-f. $ . Arfak (Bruijn). 



g, h. c? • Arfak. 



i. 2 . Arfak. 



Iris bright red ; bill and feet black. Tail 58-62 centime., wing 

 18-3-18-7. In the female the tail measures from 30-35 centims., 

 the wing 16'3-17"8. Native name Aroma. 



The natives say that they do not think that this bird is really 

 much less abundant than the Epimachus, altiiough so few skins are 

 ever obtained. They nre found in the same district as the latter 

 bird, and, like it, frequent the tops of the high trees, but are very 

 silent ; whereas the loud cry of the Great Bird of Paradise at once 

 calls attention to its presence, and causes it to fall a tolerably easy 

 prey to the hunter. 



The shafts of the tail- and wing-feathers in this species project 

 bevond the web of the feather, as is tlie case in Paradigalla and 

 Ptilorhis. 



153. Epimachus speciosus (Bodd.). 

 Epimachus speciosus, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 541. 



a-o. d • Arfak. 



p-v. 2 . Arfak. 



w-y. S ■ Arfak (Bruijn). 



z. Fix ad. S ■ Arfak (Bruijn). 



a!. Jr. S . Arfak (Bruijn). 



V, c'. 2 . Arfak (Bruijn). 



Iris yellow, brown in the young bird ; bill and feet black. Length 

 very variable, according to the development of the tail, which in 

 15 "adult males measured from 69 to 84 centims.; wing in male 

 19-0-20-5, in female 15'7-17"7. Native name in the Arfak 

 Kambilaia. 



Example z has the plumage of the adult bird, except that the side 

 plumes and tail-feathers are just bursting through the feather-cases ; 

 there is no trace of brown in the plumage ; and it is therefore an old 



