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are carried a long way very quickly by calling out from ridge to 

 ridge. The distribution of hair on the bodies of some of these 

 mountaineers is peculiar, there being little tufts of hair all over 

 the back. I believe this distribution of hair is extremely rare 

 amongst the races of man. 



On 2oth November we left for Oregenumu Village, returning 

 by a different route to this village. Going in a southerly 

 direction we reached Argulaugau, an Eafa village situated 

 in a rich fiat with hills all round. On the way to this village 

 we got two specimens of the grey mountain-parrot, Dasyp- 

 tilus pesqueti. I had often seen these birds flying at a great 

 height over the valleys. At Argulaugau I saw two Raggiana 

 Birds of Paradise dancing on a tree, but without plumes. I was 

 given here two eggs which I have since come to the conclusion 

 are those of some bird of paradise, probably a Manucode. 

 There is a palm tree here remarkable for its height, being nearly 

 twice the height of the forest trees, which are large here. We 

 heard here for the first time of the massacre of Ekiri Village, 20 

 miles inland from Port Moresby, nineteen people being murdered. 

 The massacre had taken place about two weeks previously, but 

 had been concealed from us by the natives amongst whom we 

 were. On reaching Oregenumu Village we camped for three days 

 on a ridge above the village, chiefly to see if we could get any 

 more specimens of Prince Rudolph's Bird of Paradise, Paradis- 

 ornis ricdolj)hi. There was a lot of low, thick scrub on the 

 ridge, and dense masses of bamboos, with larger trees on the 

 slopes. We got three males of P. rudolphi, two of which 

 were completely out of plumage. There was a bird in the low 

 scrub adjoining the camp which was always makmg a rasping 

 noise, and which Anthony thought must be a bower-bird, but 

 we could never catch sight of it. On the last day I crawled into 

 the thickest part of the scrub, and to my surprise the female of 

 the rare Prince Rudolph's Bird of Paradise came flying round my 

 head. We found the nest on a small tree hidden by the lower 

 scrub. If the bird had not shown the way it would have been 

 quite impossible to have found the nest. A native climbed the 

 tree and brought down a young bird almost ready to leave the 

 nest. We replaced the bird. The ±)oy said the nest was com- 

 posed of twigs. I believe this is the first time the nest has ever 

 been found. The young bird almost exactly resembled the adult 

 female. I got my only specimen here of the Orange-crested 

 Bower-bird, Avihlyornis subalaris, my fourth variety of bronze- 

 wing pigeon,- and another pigeon of a dark-grey colour, almost 

 black, green-bronze on the back, neck, and breast, red legs, 

 scarlet wattle round the eye and beak, and with a clear-cut white 

 throat like the domestic pigeon the Beard, which may be Gohcmba 

 albigidaris. It is a very fast flier and makes a great noise with 



