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lateral pair, only 3 or 5 mm. on the third pair from outside ; 

 inner pairs brownish chestnut. Sides of head and neck dull 

 grey ; chin white ; rest of underside pale vinaceous ; throat 

 and chest washed with a bluish slate-colour, flanks with 

 brown ; belly and under tail-coverts white. Bill (in skin) 

 blackish, legs and feet carmine, iris light yellow. Wing 

 140 mm., tail 93, metatarsus 32, bill 22. 



? like the male, only somewhat lighter and more 

 brownish above. 



Hab. Coiba Island, off Panama, Pacific Ocean. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild also described a remark- 

 able new Bird of Paradise, which will be exhibited at one of 

 the following meetings of this Club : — 



Loborhamphus, n. gen. 



This new genus shows some very complex characters, com- 

 bining most of the peculiarities of Lamprothorax with the tail 

 of an Astrapia. The most distinguishing character, however, 

 is the unique arrangement of two yellow fleshy folds on the 

 basal third of the bill, forming two short wattles on each 

 side. The beard on the chin and the feathering at the base of 

 the bill and nostrils as in Lamprothorax. Pectoral shield as 

 in Lamprothorax, but the lateral pectoral tufts are longer and 

 more curved, similar to those of FalcineJlus. The nuchal 

 frill is much less developed than in Lamprothorax. 



Loborhamphus nobilis, n. sp. 



$ ad. Crown purple ; neck, back, and rump velvety 

 black, with a bronze gloss. Wings and tail black, with a 

 purple sheen on the exposed webs. Sides of neck and head 

 coppery bronze. Chin and throat dark bronzy green. Pec- 

 toral shield glittering purple, with metallic blue reflexions. 

 Some of the feathers of the lateral tufts have a metallic blue 

 border. Below the pectoral shield is an ill-defined wide 

 bronze-green band. Rest of under surface black, with 

 a strong wash of purple. Bill and legs black. Wing 

 165 mm.; tail 154, lateral pair of tail-feathers 105 ; bill 



