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Darker than Acridoth eres tristis, both as regards the coloration 

 of the Upper surface and of the flanks. The black of the throat 

 descends down the ceutre of the breast and passes round above the 

 white abdomen, forming a sort of border to this region. In the 

 Indian race this part is somewhat lighter than the surrounding 

 plumage, iustead of being darker. 



The nearest approach to the coloration of the Ceylonese bird 

 is found, as one would naturally expect, in those from Travancore, 

 which have the black of the throat descending a little more upon 

 the breast than in northern specimens, and have the inner webs 

 of the feathers, exactly down the centre of the breast, blackish 

 brown; but this is all, and this trifling amount of nigrescent mar- 

 king does not continue down to the white of the abdomen. 



Hab.: Ceylon. 



PARADISEIDÄE. 



Chlamy dodera orientalis. 



J. Goujd, Ann. Mag. Nat. Bist. No. 19. 1879. p. 74. 



In size it is about the same as G. nuchalis^ whose habitation 

 is on the opposite part of the continent. The great peculiarity in 

 the species is the barring of the upper plumage almost approaching 

 to that of Ch. macrdata and guttata. It is less silky in its plu- 

 mage than the western species, particularly the head, cheeks, throat 

 and under surface. 



Paradisea novae guineae. 



d'Albertis e Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, XIV. 

 10. Marzo 1879. p. 147. 



Paradisea P. apodae (Lin.) aruensi simillima, sed valde minor ; 

 mas colore castaneo laetiore et magis vinaceo ; pectore atro-brunneo 

 saturatiore; tectricibus alariim mediis et majoribus saepe, plus 

 minusve, sed semper obsolete, auratis. 



Hab.: Fiume Fly (Neu-Guinea). 



ICTERIDAE. 



Quiscalus guadeloupensis. 



Lawrence, Pr. Unit. St. Nat. Museum. 1878. p. 457. 



Male: The generäl plumage is of a deep purplish-violet ; the 

 wing-coverts have a decided green lustre; tail black, glossed with 

 green; quills black, with a greenish tinge; bill and feet black. 



Length (fresh) IOV4; wing 5; tail 4; tars. l^/ie inch. 



Female: The crown is ashy brown; bind neck and upper 

 part of back olivaceous brown; lower part of back and upper tail 

 coverts blackish-brown ; wings and tail black, the latter slightly 

 glossed with green ; throat ashy white, a narrow dusky line extends 

 down on each side of it from the under mandible; lower part of 

 neck and breast dark ash tinged with fulvous; lower part of ab- 

 domen sides, and under tail-coverts smoky-brown; bill and feet 

 black. Length (fresh) 9V2; wing 4^/4; tail 3^2 inch. 



Hab.: Guadeloupe. 



