NO. 1204. A NEW BIED OF PARADISE— CURRIE. 499 



regius from Jobi Island under the subspecific name coccineifrons. This 

 form is said to differ from true regius " in having the short feathers on 

 the bill produced farther towards the tip, thus leaving a smaller piece of 

 the bill unfeathered; in having these feathers a little longer, much 

 darker, and of the same colour as the back." There are about thirty- 

 specimens of regius in the National Museum; all of these, however, 

 seem to be typical, consequently I have had no opportunity of examin- 

 ing the subspecies. 



The figures of the old pre-Linn<ean authors, though very j)oor, un- 

 doubtedly refer to C. regius. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVIL 



Fig. 1. Pectoral sliiekl, head, and tail of Cicinnurus regius. 

 2. Pectoral shield, head, aud tail of CicinuHrus hiogyrus 



