collected in Dutch Neto Guinea. 27 



a-c. ? et c? imm. Iwaka River, 5th & 12th Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 1015, 1031, C. H. B. G.l 



d. ? . Camp 3, Utakwa Hiver, 2500 ft., 27th Nov. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



e-m. c? ? et (^ imm. Camp 6 A, Utakwa River, 2900 ft., 

 7th-18th Jan. 1913. [C. B. K.'] 



n,o. (? ? . Camp 6 b, Utakwa River, 4200 ft., 29th Jan. 

 & 5th Feb. 1913. [C. B. K.] 



Nearly adidt male. Iris lemon-yellow, ring next the pupil 

 grey ; bill and feet black. 



Immature male. Iris yellow ; bill black ; gape green ; feet 

 black. 



Adult female. Iris yellowish-white, grey near the pupil ; 

 bill sooty-black ; gape green ; feet sooty-brown. 



This subspecies is closely allied to P. c. herlepsclii, 

 Kleinschm., but is distinguished by having the upper portion 

 only of the throat blackish and the silvery- white edge of the 

 crest commencing at the base of the bill and extending to 

 above the eye. 



This fine bird is new to the British Museum. 



"Meek's Six-plumed Bird-of-Paradise was only observed 

 in the mountains where it was by no means uncommon, but 

 far from tame. The old males, of which several were seen, 

 were especially wild and kept carefully out of shot. Its 

 curious call ' prat, prat,' first drew the Dyak's and my own 

 attention to the species. The call is more often heard in 

 the early hours of the morning than during the rest of the 

 day ; in fact the bird appears to be one of the earliest risers.'* 

 — C. H. B. G. 



Lophorhina superba feminina, subsp. n. ( 



Lophorina superba minor Roths. & Hartert (nee Ramsay), 

 N. Z. XX. p. 522 (1913). 



Adult male. Similar to the male oi L. minor, hui somewhat 

 larger and with the fringes to the long feathers of the cervical 

 plumes generally wider. Iris, bill, and feet black, genys 

 pale yellow. Wing 135-139 mm. as compared with 126- 

 130 mm. in L. minor. 



