collected in Dutch New Guinea. 23 



f-t. (^ ? et c? imm. Iwaka River, 23rd Jan .-5th Feb. 

 1911. [Nos. 901, 912, 919, 931, 954-56, 973, 974, 977, 

 978, 994-96, C. H. B. G.] 



u-t'. (? ? et c? ? iinm. Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 

 20th Nov. 1912-9th Jan. 1913. [0. B. K.'\ 



u\ v'. c? ? . Camp 6 A, Utakwa River, 2900 ft., 6th & 

 12th Jan. 1913. [(7.5. K] 



Adult and immature male. Iris dark brown, orbits and 

 streak behind the eye bluish-white ; bill bluish-white ; inside 

 of the mouth and gape bright green ; feet bright Prussian 

 blue. 



Young male. Iris grey-brow^n, streak behind the eye and 

 gape fleshy ; bill sooty-black, lighter at the base and tip of 

 upper mandible; inside of the mouth orange; feet bright 

 Prussian blue. 



Adult female. Iris dark brown, streak behind the eye 

 bluish-white or pale cobalt ; bill bluish-ash or pale cobalt, 

 cutting-edge and tip black, inside of the mouth grass-green : 

 feet Prussian blue or dull cobalt. 



Young female. Iris brown, streak behind eye and gape 

 bluish-white ; bill bluish-white, culmen and apical portion 

 sooty, inside of the mouth orange ; feet bright Prussian blue. 



In our series there are six young birds in first plumage, 

 three males (Nos. 356, 996, and specimen r' from Utakwa 

 River), and three females (No. 307 and specimens s' & t'). 

 These have the wing-coverts and inner quills edged with 

 russet, and the barring on the underparts less regular and 

 generally rather further apart than in adult females and 

 males in second plumage, which have the wing-coverts 

 and quills bordered with olive. Adult males from November 

 to January are in moult. 



" The Claret-backed Golden-winged Bird-of-Paradise was 

 only observed in the foothills and mountains where it was 

 plentiful, especially females and immature birds of both sexes. 



" Several were shot in large flowering trees, where they 

 were feeding in company with Sun-birds and various species 

 of Honey-eaters."— C.iJ. B. G. 



Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert (op. dt. p. 521) consider 



