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CATALOGUE OF BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 



Epimachus MAGNIFICUS. 



Epimachus magnifieus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 181 7, t. 4. f. 2. 

 Falcinellus magnifieus, Vieill. N. D. d'Hist Nat. xxviii. p. 167. 

 Craspedophora magnified, G. R. Gray, List, of Gen. of B. 1841, 

 p. 15. 



Ptilorhis magnifica, Gould, B. of Austr. Suppl. pi. . 



a. New Guinea. Procured from Baron Laugier*s Collection. 



b. New Guinea. Procured from Mr. Turner. 



PrOMEROPIDjE. 



Nectarinia aspasia. 



Cinnyris aspasia, Less. Voy. Coqu. t. 30. f. 4. 

 Cinnyris sericea, Less. Diet. Sci. Nat. iv. p. 21. 

 Nectarinia aspasia, Mull. Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 58. 

 Hob. New Guinea ; Havre-Dorey {Lesson) ; Lobo (Miiller) ; 

 Aru Islands (Wallace). 



Nectarinia zenobia. 



Cinnyris zenobia, Less. Voy. Coqu. t. 30. f. 3. 

 Cinnyris Clementice, Less. Diet. Sci. Nat. 



Hab. New Guinea; Havre-Dorey (Lesson); Ke Islands (Wal- 

 lace). 



Nectarinia frenata. 



Nectarinia frenata, Mull. Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 61. t. 8. f. 1. 



Nectarinia australis, Gould, B. of Austr. Suppl. pi. 



Hab. New Guinea (Lobo). 



a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Nectarinia eques. 



Cinnyris eqiles, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 31. 

 Phylidonyris eques, Less. Tr. d'Orn..p. 299. 

 Hab. Island of Waigiou (Lesson). 



ARACHNOTHERA NOVjE guinea. 



Cinnyris novee guinece, Less. Voy. Coqu. Zool. i. p. 677. 

 Arachnothera novee guinece, Mull. Verh. Nat. Gesch. 1. 11. f. 3. 

 Hab. New Guinea; Havre-Dorey (Lesson) ; Lobo (Miiller). 

 a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. "Wallace. 



DlCEUM PECTORALE. 



Diceeum pectorale, Mull. & Schl. Verh. Ethn. p. 162. 

 Diceeum erythrothorax, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 30. f. 1 ? 

 Hab. New Guinea ; Lobo (Miiller). 



DlCjEUM ignicolle. 



Diceeum ignicolle, G. R. Gf. Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 173. 



cJ . Glossy blue-black ; under surface olive ; middle of abdomen 

 yellowish white ; middle of throat, upper part pf breast, and under 



