1889.] MR. A. p. GOODWIN ON SOME PARADISE-BIRDS. 4")1 



of the head and the trunk are described under the name of Squatina 

 crnssidens (Catal. Foss. Fishes B. M. pt. i. p. 69, pi. ii.) ; they are 

 broad and acuminate, compressed antero- posteriorly, and fixed upon 

 a depressed base ; the crown is mariied by large vertical wrinkles, 

 and its median portion is produced downwards anteriorly over the 

 root. In its dentition, Sclerorhynchus thus approaches the living 

 Pristiophorus more closely than Pristis, though differing from both 

 these types in the striation of the dental crown. The arrangement 

 of the rostral cartilages, however, is sufficient justification for still 

 retaining the extinct Cretaceous genus in its provisional position 

 among the Pristidae, of which it is the least specialized type hitherto 

 discovered." 



Mr. A. P. Goodwin laid on the table examples of some rare 

 Paradise-birds procured during Sir William Macgregor's recent 

 expedition to Mount Owen-Stanley, New Guinea; also several 

 photographs, comprising views of Mount Owen-Stanley, of a native 

 bridge, and of the bowers of some species of Bower-birds met with 

 on this occasion. 



Mr. Goodwin made the following remarks: — "The most note- 

 worthy of these birds is a pair of Epimachus madeayan(e, lately 

 described by Dr. E. P. Ramsay, Curator of the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney, in the ' Proceedings ' of the Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales, ser. 2, vol. ii. p. 239. The type specimen was obtained 

 some two years previously by one of Sir WilUam's party in the 

 Maroka district. This Epimachus inhabits the mountain-regions 

 of this district at an altitude of from 6000 to 9000 feet ; above that 

 no Paradise-birds were found by the party, save one Bower-bird 

 which I will mention hereafter. 



"The call of E. macleayancB is a shrill double-note, similar to the 

 sound produced by striking a pair of clappers together. 



'■' The next bird is a female of Astrarchia stephanice, which was 

 originally discovered in the same locality. Not having been so 

 fortunate as to see this bird alive, I am able to give you but little 

 information about it ; but it is somewhat remarkable that no speci- 

 mens were obtained after the party had been in camp two days, 

 nor was there any adult male seen by any of the party. 



" Among the photographs taken on this occasion are : — A view of 

 Mount Owen-Stanley, taken from Mount Musgrave, at a distance 

 estimated at eight miles ; also one of a tribe of the natives who live 

 in the mountains; and one of a native bridge, 195 feet long, which 

 spans the Vanappa River. I also call your attention to two 

 interesting views of Bower-birds' bowers. One of these belongs to 

 Jmblyornis subalaris ; and the other, found at a higher altitude, up 

 to 10,000 feet, is of a species which I propose to call Amhlyornis 

 musgravii. Several specimens of this bird were obtained. It is 

 similar to, but larger than, A. subalaris, which was procured on 

 Mount Belford at an altitude of 4000 feet." 



