22 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grrant on Birds 



indulged in by captive birds confined in comparatively small 

 cages. For particulars of the display o£ this King Bird-of- 

 Paradise the reader is referred to an article on the subject by 

 Sir William Ingram, which appeared in 'The Ibis,' 1907, 

 pp. 225-229, with a coloured plate, v., and text-figures 8 & 9 

 drawn from life by Mr. Gr. E. Lodge. 



" This King Bird-of-Paradise is quite the commonest 

 member of the Paradiseidse throughout the flats, but does 

 not extend into the mountains. Its clear and distinct call 

 was heard throughout the jungle. It is one of the first of 

 the common birds to be left behind when the mountain- 

 ran oes are reached .'' — C. H. B. G. 



Diphyllodes speciosa. 



Le Magni/igug de la Nouvelle Guinde ou Le Manucode a 

 Bouquets D'Aubent. PI. Enl. iii. p. 194, pi. && (No. 631) 

 (1774). [No definite locality given.] 



Paradisea speccosa (sic) * Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 38 

 (1783). 



Paradisea magnijica Pennant, in Forst. Ind. Zool. p. 40 

 (1795) ; also founded on D'Aubenton's PL Enl. (No. 631). 



Diphyllodes seleucides Lesson, Hist. Nat. Ois. Paradis, 

 Synop. p. 16 (1835). 



Diphyllodes magnificus Lesson, t. c. p. 191, pis. xix., xx. 

 (1835) ; van Oort, p. 102 (1909J ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. 

 XX. p. 521 (1913). 



Diphyllodes speciosus, var. clirysopteriis Elliot (ex Gould 

 MS.), Monogr. Paradis. pi. 13 (1873) [Jobi Island]. 



Diphyllodes jobiensis Meyer, Zeit. ges. Orn. ii. p. 388 

 (1885). 



Diphyllodes chrysoptera Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. p. 271 

 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 84. 



a-d. $ ad. et ^ ^ imm. White Water Camp, Kapare 

 River, 12th Oct.-20th Nov. 1910. [Nos. 307, 352, 356, 

 423, C. H. B. G,'] 



e. ? . Wataikwa River, 20th Oct. 1910. [No. 1400, 

 G. C. S.] 



* Undoubtedly a misprint for speciosa. 



