450 PAEA.DISEID*. 



The eggs agree with the description given by Herr Nehrkorn and 



■with that figured by Dr. Hartert. . , no j 



They measure respectively : 1-5 by -95 ; 1-44 by -98 ; and 



1-43 by 1. 



2. South-east New Guinea. Hen- Weiske [0.]. 



1. Kagi, nr. Mt. Victoria, 6000 ft., Captain F. R. Barton [P.]. 

 Owen Stanley Range. 



Genus MANUCODIA, Bodd. 

 Manucodia altera, Rothschild Sf Hartert. 



Manucodia atra, Le Souef, Ibis, 1900, p. 612, text-flg. 1. 

 Manucodia ater altera, Rothsch. ^ Hartert, Nov. Zool. x. p. 84 (190d). 

 Manucodia altera, M«)-;)e, H"«»!(Z-/. V. p. 579 (1909). 

 Manucodia atra altera, Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 490, pi. x. hg. U 

 (1910). 



An egg believed to be that of Rothschild's Manucode is of a long 

 oval shape, slightly compressed towards the smaller end, and 

 somewhat glossy. The ground is white with a faint pinkish tinge, 

 spotted profusely at the large end, very sparingly elsewhere, with 

 chocolate-brown, purplish -brown and lilac-grey, the spots, especially 

 those round the pole, extending longitudinally. It measures l-5o 

 by -99. 



This egg agrees closely with the specimen procured in the Aru 

 Islands by H. Kflhn and figured by Dr. Hartert. 



1. South-east New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



Hanucodia jobiensis, Salvad. 



Manucodia jobiensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 184 (1877) ; id., 

 Monogr. Paradis. Sf Ptilon. ii. p. 13 (1898) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 580 

 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Jobi Manucode are of a wide oval shape, 

 very slightly compressed towards the smaller end, and almost without 

 gloss. The ground is greyish-pink marked thickly round the broad 

 end and very sparingly elsewhere with several shades of red-brown 

 and lilac-grey, the latter markings being fused and forming a zone 

 round the pole. They measure respectively: 1'25 by "97 and 

 1-25 by 9-5. 



2. Parimau, Mimika R., S. Dutch Subscribers to the B. 0. U. 

 New Guinea, £8th Dec. (C. if. Exped. Dutch N. Guinea 



B. Orant). [P.J. 



