CHAPTER XVIII 
NOTES ON SOME BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA 
New GuINEA is remarkable for its paucity of mammals 
and its richness in birds. As we have already noted, 
at least 770 different species of birds are known, and 
to these doubtless many more will be added as the 
explorer ventures farther into the interior. The chief 
haunts of the blue bird-of-paradise, the Paradisornis 
Rudolpha, are in Central British New Guinea, at an 
altitude of from 4000 to 6000 feet. ‘There are about 
a dozen species of the bird-of-paradise, and at Mafulu 
we obtained the following, of which I give, where 
possible, the native name :— 
Lophorina atra. : ; Wagoda. 
Epimachus magnus , Yawvee. 
Astrapia stephaniz  . : Beebee. 
Parotia Lawsii_. Aliga. 
Diphyllodis speciosa. : : Kellolo. 
Ptiloris magnifica 
Besides these we found two species of bower-bird— 
Amblyornis subalaris. 
Laurea lori. 
The limit of the king bird (Cheinnurus Regius) 
was at an elevation of about 1500 feet. It has a bril- 
liant crimson back, the throat crimson, with a green 
band edged with another narrow band of crimson. 
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