402 Ant. Eeichenow und Herman Schalow 



Farn. PARAD18EIDAE. 



316. Phonygama Hunsteini. 



R. B. Sharp e, Journ. Lin. Soc. Zoology. Vol. 16. No. 94. 

 July 1882. p. 442. 



Similis P. Keraudreni Less., sed purpurea, nee chalybeo-nitens, 

 capite undique oleaceo-viridi. 



L. t. 13,5; culmen 1;45; alae 7,1; caudae 6,8; tarsi 1,55. 



Hab.: Taburi district (New Guinea). 



317. Ptilorhis intercedens. 



ß. B. Sharpe, Journ. Lin. Soc. Zoology. Vol. 16. No. 94. 

 July 1882. p. 444. 



? similis $ P. magnificae, et eodem modo colorata; supra 

 pallide castanea, pileo concolori, sed quam is P. magnificae clarius 

 rufo, regione parotica et striga malari sordide castaneis nee nigri- 

 cantibus; subtus multo pallidior, liaud ita crebre nigro trans- 

 fasciata. 



L, t. 12; culm. 2,1; alae 6,9; caudae 4,3. 



$ similis S P. Alberti, sed rostro breviore et crassiore et pec- 

 tore imo et abdomine toto purpurascente. 



Hab.: New Guinea, East Cape and Milne Bay. 

 Fam. ORIOLIDAE. 



318. Dicrurus {Ghihia) longirostris. 



E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Lin. Soc. N. S. Wales. Vol. 7. Pt. 2. 

 p. 300. 



All the body black with a steel-bluish tint in certain lights; 

 wing and tail black above, black with a brownish tint in certain 

 lights below, having the outer webs above margined with glossy 

 steel-green; scapuiars and all the upper wing- and. tail-coverts 

 glossy metallic - green ; feathers of the head scale-like, black, 

 conspicuously tipped with metallic-green gloss, those of the neck 

 above and below lanceolate in form, tipped with the same tint, 

 those of the breast with a rounded spot of the same colour at the 

 tip, and with narrow wavy cross lines when seen obliquely. There 

 is no metallic gloss on the ear-coverts or cliin. The tail is even, 

 the outermost feathers scarcely longer than the rest, but have 

 their tips curved outwards and upwards. 



Length about 12inches; wing 5,7; tail 5,5; tarsus 1,1 — 1,2; 

 bill from forehead 1,7 — 1,85. 



Hab.: San Christoval, Solomon Group. 



319. Edoliisoma poliopsa. 



R. B. Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. Vol. 16. 1882. p. 318. 

 ?: E. schisticipiti '^ affinis, sed mento, genis anticis et regione 

 parotica tota schistaceis distinguenda. 

 Hab.: S. E. New Guinea. 



320. Mimeta decipiens. 



P. L. Sclater, Proc. Z. S. 1883. p. 199. 

 Fuscus fere unicolor, superciliis albidis, pileo nigricanti strio- 

 lato; subtus paulo dilutior, gutture et cervice antica albis, prae- 



