E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. IOI 



type consiste seulement de la partie dorsale, de sorte qu'on ne peut pas constater si il y a 

 le noir gulaire, mais le rubro-aurantiacus des plumes et la couleur claire du bec ne laissent 

 pas de doute, qu'il s'agit de la même espèce". I hâve also no doubt that our birds are 

 identical with X. ardens. In the following lines I give the description of the adult maie. 



Head, neck and mantle fiery orange-red ; feathers of the mantle elongated, but some- 

 what shorter than in X. aurea; back, rump, wingcoverts and secondaries orange-yellow, the 

 latter tipped with black; upper tailcoverts black, tipped with yellow; tail black; primaries 

 black, yellow at the base; bend of wing and under wingcoverts rich yellow; bastard-wing 

 black; chin, throat and breast rich golden-yellow, some feathers of the foreneck and of the 

 chin with fiery red tinge; lores, sides of face and earcoverts fiery orange-red; feathers above 

 and behind the eye tinged with violet ; feathers of the side of the neck fiery orange-red and 

 elongated, forming with the elongated feathers of the mantle a collar; vent and under tail- 

 coverts golden-yellow; feathers of thighs blackish with yellow tips. Wing 135 — 141, tail 

 76 — 78, bill 22 — 23, tarso-met. 44 mm. 



Mr. LoRENTZ has also brought home an ornamental native skin of this species, to 

 which are wanting only the legs and the lower mandible ; the throat in this spécimen has a 

 strong orange tinge. The tail has a length of 68 mm. 



Ptiloris magnifiais (Vieillot). 



Falcinellus magnifiais Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. XXVIII, 1819, p. 167, pi. G 39, f. 3. 

 Ptilorhis magnifica, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. III, 1877, p. 157. — Rothschild, Tierr. Paradis. 



1898, p. 24. 

 Craspedophora magnifica, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. II, 1881, p. 554. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°- 377, c? m full plumage, Alkmaar, 27 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. Con- 

 tents of stomach insects. 



N°. 389, rf in full plumage, Alkmaar, 4 August 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. Bill 

 inside emerald green. 



N°. 39°, cT> i n f u U plumage, Alkmaar, 4 August 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 

 Bill inside emerald green. 



N°. 399, rf, in full plumage, Alkmaar, 9 August 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



Selencides ignota (J. R. Forster). 



Paradisea ignota J. R. Forster, Ind. Zool. 17S1, pp. 31, 36. 



Seleucides niger, Shaipe, Cat. B. Br. M. III, 1877, p. 159. 



Selencides nigricans, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. II, 1881, p. 56L — Sharpe, Mon. Paradis. I, 1891-98. 



Seleucides ignota, Rothschild, Tierr. Paradis. 1898, p. 28. 



Coll. KOCH: 



cf in female's plumage, Etna Bay, 14 December 1904. Iris red, bill black, feet flesh-colour. 

 Native name : Isop. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N c . 88, (f juv., Noord River, 20 May 1907. Iris orange, bill black, feet flesh-colour. 

 N°. ioo, çf juv., Noord River, 21 May 1907. Iris orange, bill black, feet flesh-colour. 



