collected in Dutch Neio Guinea. '9 



in sLape, being short and rounded at the tip. As I pointed 

 out in my preliminary notes, M. chalyhata (named M. orien- 

 talis, which is a synonym) and M. johiensis are distinct species 

 found inhabiting the same localities [c/. Roths. N. Z. xx. 

 j3. 520, note]. 



Two eggs were obtained at Parimau on the 28th of 

 December, 1910, and the female parent (No. 860) secured. 

 The eggs are of a rather short oval shape, slightly pointed 

 towards one end and almost devoid of gloss. The ground- 

 colour is pale pinkish, spotted with small dark vandyke-brovvn 

 dots and larger oblong lavender-grey spots, chiefly arranged 

 in a wreath round the pole of the larger end and thinly 

 distributed elsewhere over the shell. They measure respec- 

 tively 32 X 24-5, 31-5 x 24 mm. 



These two eggs were at first referred by Mr. Claude Grant 

 to M. altera (P. & P. p. 274), but a subsequent examination 

 of the parent bird proved them to be eggs of M. johiensis. 



" This was the commonest of the Manucodes around 

 Parimau, where it might be seen everywhere throughout 

 the jungle. A long-drawn moaning note was attributed to 

 this species, both by myself and by the two Dyak collectors. 

 The nest, containing the eggs described above, was suspended 

 between two horizontal branches about 8 ft. from the ground. 

 It was deeply cup-shaped and composed of rdots, creepers, 

 and leaves. The female parent (No. 860) was very wild, 

 and it required much patience to secure her." — C. H. B. G. 



Manucodia chalyhata. 



Manucodia clialfjhata (Penn.) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. 

 p. 520 (1913). 



Manucodia chalyhnta orientalis Salvad. ; van Oort, p. 103 

 (1909) ; Roths. &*Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 520 (1913). 



Manucodia orientalis Ogilvie- Grant, P. & P. p. 273 (1912) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1913, p. 86. 



a-d. S ? • Iwaka River, 24th Jan.-12th Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 910, 980, 981, 4032, C. H. E.G.] 



e-m. c? ? et cJ imm. Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 

 20th Nov. 1912-13th Jan. 1913. [C. B. K.] 



