1064 The American Naturalist. [December, 
conduct. He measures sometimes 32 inches and is entirely 
black from his absurd head, which is finely crested, to the 
long, rounded tail. The only relief to this funereal garb is the 
bright red of the bare cheeks. The bill is extremely powerful 
and is used with as much dexterity by its proud possessor as 
if it were not the most awkward looking thing in the world. 
A splendid species of the Gardener, splendid by reason of 
its crest, for in other features it resembles the Jnornata, is 
Amblyornis subalaris found in the Astrolabe and Horseshoe 
Mountains, Southeast New Guinea.. One noteworthy fact 
should not be omitted; its cabin boasts of two entrances, for 
what special purpose, if any, is a matter of surmise. There is 
considerable olivaceous on the body of this species and bright, 
fine stripes on the throat. The beautiful erectile fire-orange 
crest, tall and spreading, grows dark of hue near the crown, 
and is also shaded here and there along the sides. The bill 
lacks the size of the other species. The total length of the 
bird is only about eight inches. The female is like the male 
with the exception of the crest. She is without this distin- 
guishing ornament, but the uniform dark brown of the back 
and the mottled brown-yellow below are the same. 
The bower of this species is said to surpass that of any other 
bird in ingenuity and quaintness. The same general design 
as we have seen in the case of the Inornata is followed by the 
Subalaris. Around a central post or tree-stem the construction 
is reared ; at its foot isa bank of moss into which is thrust 
flower or twig or other ornament. The running or chasing 
ring encircles the bank, and over all there is erected a sort of 
roof probably as ashelter and concealment. Surely instinct 
or sagacity has not further gone than in this little pleasure 
house built as it were after a plan, out of material as servicea- 
ble and durable as the special purposes required. Easily re- 
movable, they are at the same time fitted in the entire work 
so artistically as to give the appearance of solidity to the fab- 
ric. 
Ten years ago there was discovered in the Horseshoe Mount- 
ains, Eastern New Guinea, a fine Paradise bird, regarded as a 
new species of a new genus and so classified by the distin- 
