500 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE 



— Dicrurus carbonarius, Salvad. Sf B' Albert, t. c. p. 821 ; Salvad. 

 t. 0. p. 28 ; Bamsay, f. c. p. 392. 



Log. Port Moresby. 



The specimen agrees witb other Papuan skins, and measures 

 as follows : — Total length 11-5 inches, culmen I'S, wing 6*0, 

 tail 4-8, tail-feather 5-55, tarsus 0-9. Mr. Petterd also records 

 a second species from the Laroki Eiver, which, he says, was 

 allied to C. asshniUs. Only one species was in the collection. 



Pam. Oriolid^. 



72. Oriolfs striatus, Q.(^G.; Sharpe, antea, pp. 82 & 318, et 

 Cai. B. iii. p. 210 ; Bamsay, t. c. p. 391. 



Log. Port Moresby. 



Several specimens of this bird, which appears to be common in 

 the neighbourhood. 



73. Sphecotheres saltadobii, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 224, 

 pi. xii. 



This new species, fully described and figured by me in the 

 ' Catalogue of Birds,' is much smaller than S. maxillaris, and is 

 distinguished by its yellower under parts and by its whiter 

 abdomen. Mr. Eamsay does not seem to have seen this bird, 

 though he bas S. fiaviventris from Port Moresby. Signor 

 D'Albertis also has not yet recorded it, which is curious, as Mr. 

 Stone brought back four examples, and Canon Tristram has also 

 received it from S.E. New Gruinea. 



Pam. Paradisiid^. 



74. Paradisea raggiana, Sclater ; Sharpe, antea, p. 318 j 

 Bamsay, ^. c. p. 393. 



Log. Munikaihila. 



A series of specimens in all stages of plumage. 



75. Manucodia atra (Less.); Sharpe, antea, p. 317. 

 Log. Port Moresby. 



76. Phontgama JAMEsn, Sharpe, antea, p. 318 ; Cat. B. iii. 

 p. 181. 



Log. Laroki Eiver, 



Notwithstanding Count Salvadori's opinion that P. heraudreni 

 is the species of South-eastern New Gruinea, I believe that P. 

 jamesii is a good and distinct species. 



