collected in Dutch New Guinea. 41 



with L. metallica, from which it was not distinguished at 

 the time. 



Lamprocorax mystacea. 



Calornis mystacea Ogilvie-Grrant, Bull. B. 0. C, xxix. p. 28 

 (1911) ; id. P. & P. p. 274 (1912) ; id. This, 1913, p. 87. 



a—c. ? et ? imm. Parimku, Mirnika River, 3rd Oct.— 

 16th Nov. 1910. [Nos. 294, 498, 506, C. H. B. G.] {In- 

 cluding the type of the species.) 



The sexes of this new species are no doubt alike in 

 plumage. 



The female is most nearly allied to L. altirostris (Salvad.) 

 and L. cantoroideft (Gray) as regards tlie shape of the bill, 

 which is short and high, but the feathers on the forehead 

 are elongate, narrow, and semi-erect, partly concealing the 

 base of the culmen ; the neck -hackles are much longer and 

 narrower and of a uniform dull bronze-black ; the lower back, 

 rump, and the underparts purplish-bronze ; the wings and 

 tail dull greenish-bronze; the scapulars, lesser and median 

 wing-coverts brighter, a mixture of purplish and greenish- 

 bronze. 'J'ail wedge-shaped, as in L metallica, the middle 

 feathers being much the longest. Iris pale Naples-yellovs? ; 

 bill and feet black. Total length 200 mm. ; culmen from the 

 base of skull 21, from anterior wall of nostril to tip 13; 

 wing 102 ; tail 78 ; tarsus 21. 



Three females, two adult and one younger, were all shot 

 among flocks of L. metallica. The differences between the 

 two were not observed at the moment, and consequently no 

 great effort was made to procure additional examples, and 

 especially males. Specimen c (no. 506) is a younger female 

 with much less gloss on the breast and underparts, and with 

 a concealed white spot on the outer webs of the feathers of 

 the belly. 



Paramythia olivaceTim. 



Paramythia montium olivaceum van Oort, Notes, xxxii, 

 p. 213 (1910) [Hell wig Mts., 8700 ft.]. 



a. ? . Camp 11, Utakwa River, 8000 ft., 1st Feb. 1913. 



[C.B.K.] 



