26 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



This new form of Paradise-Bird was procured on Mt. 

 Goliath by A. S. Meek, and does not appear to have been 

 met with elsewhere. 



Faradigalla intermedia. 



Paradigalla intermedia Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. xxxi. 

 p. 105 (1913). 



a, h. S vix ad. Camp 6 c, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 24th 

 & 25th Feb. 1913. [C. B. K.'\ 



c. S juv. Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 27th Jan. 

 1913. [C.B.K.] 



The type-specimen_, an almost adult male, is similar to 

 P. carunculata Lesson, from the Arfak Mountains, but is 

 much smaller and has a conspicuously shorter tail. The 

 nasal caruncles and base of the bill are lemon-yellow. Total 

 length about 270 mm. ; wing 155-160 ; tail 92 (to end of 

 middle tail-feathers &S) ; tarsus 43. In P. carunculata the 

 wing measures 170-180 mm. and the tail 167. 



In the type-specimen only the middle pair of tail- 

 feathers are those of the adult plumage and are much shorter 

 than the five outer pairs, which measure about 92 mm. This 

 species is intermediate between P. carunculata and P. hrevi- 

 cauda Roths. & Hartert, from Mount Goliath. 



The latter shows the same peculiarity as the present 

 species, the tail in the young bird being much longer than 

 that of the adult. 



*Parotia carolae ? 



Parotia carolce Meyer; van Oort, p. 523 (1909) ; Roths. 

 & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 523 (1913). 



Females, apparently of the typical form or of P. c. 

 berlepschi, were procured on Mt. Goliath by A. S. Meek; also 

 on the Noord River by Mr. H. A. Loreutz. 



Parotia carolae meeki. 



Parotia carolce meeki Roths. ; Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. 

 p. 270 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 83 ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. 

 XX. p. 523 (1913) [Utakwa Valley, 3000 ft.]. 



