collected in Dutch New Guinea. 29 



a-c. c? ? imm. Camp 6 b, Utakwa E,iver, 4200 ft., 28th 

 Jan.-5th Feb. 1913. [C. B. K.] 



d-i. c^ ? et (^ ? imm. Camp 6 c, Utakwa Eiver, 5500 ft., 

 17th-25th Feb. 1913. [C. B. K.] 



Nasal lappets yellow. 



The adult males differ from the description and figure 

 given by Mr. Rothschild in having the upperparts washed 

 with golden-olive, but it is obvious that the typical specimens, 

 which are native-made skins, have been dried over fire and 

 somewhat scorched and discoloured. 



The adult female, as described by Messrs. Rothschild & 

 Hartert from the three specimens collected by A. S. Meek 

 on Mount Goliath, has the lower back, rump, and entire 

 underparts pale golden. 



Young birds, both male and female in first plumage, have 

 the entire upperparts, including the crown, dark olive-brown 

 with darker margins to the feathers, giving these parts a 

 somewhat squamose appearance; the underparts are yellowish- 

 buff, inclining to rufous on the cbest and with darker edges 

 to the feathers producing a streaked appearance. At tbis 

 age the nasal lappets are not visible in the male. 



In the second year's plumage both male and female have 

 the lower back, rump, and underparts mixed with pale 

 golden feathers like those of the adult female, but the males 

 are easily distinguished from the females by their partially 

 developed nasal lappets. 



The series of this beautiful little Bird-of-Paradise is a very 

 welcome addition to the British Museum, which contained 

 a male native-made skin, one of the co-types, and an adult 

 female from the Goliath Mountains, both received in 

 exchange from the Tring Museum. 



We have, unfortunately, received no particuLirs concerning 

 this species except a note as to the colour of the nasal 

 lappets^ which are yellow in the adult male, not dark blue 

 with yellow tips as shown in Mr. Rothschild^s plate, which 

 was coloured from the dried skin. 



