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the first three primaries, the spots forming a clearly defined band. 
Bill black ; base of lower mandible and feet horn-brown. Length, 
195-0; wing, 103 0; tail, 710 ; tarsus, 47 0; gape, 24*0. 
Hab. : Mount Owen Stanley. Sex ? 
Notwithstanding the geocichline affinities of this bird apparent in the bill and 
under- wing pattern, the form of the wing seems to relate it to the Timeliidce proper. 
Its nearest ally appears to be Ptilopyga. 
Sturntd^j. 
Paramythia, n.g. Bill shorter than the head, notched at the tip, 
compressed, acuminate ; fore part of upper mandible curving gently 
to the tip ; culmen obtuse ; tomium somewhat inflected. Nostril 
exposed, elongate-ovate, placed in the basal half of the nasal groove, 
with a superior membrane. A few small soft rictal hairs. Wing 
subacuminate, subelongate ; the first primary in place as long as the 
eighth ; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth forming the tip of the wing 
and nearly equal, the fourth the longest. Tail longer than wing, 
cuneate. Tarsus moderate, with scutellation entire. A small bare 
spot behind the eye. Hea'd crested. 
Paramythia montium, ri.8. Chin, throat, forecheek, lore, a narrow 
supraciliary line, and a broad frontal crest extending over crown 
black ; synciput and crown cream-white, the latter slightly tinged 
with blue ; breast, upper abdomen, thigh, hinder cheek, and a broad 
band across occiput and upper back dull blue ; the rest of the upper 
surface bright olive-green. Lower abdomen, vent, under tail-coverts, 
and a hypochondrial patch dull golden-yellow. Wing above fuscous, 
the primaries narrowly edged with greenish grey, the rest with olive 
green. Tail above brown on the inner, dull blue on the outer webs ; 
the median feathers blue on both webs. Lower surface of wing and 
tail brown, inner webs of remiges obscurely edged with ashy grey. 
Under wing-coverts ashy grey with dark brown tips. Bill black, legs 
and feet blackish brown ; iris brown. Total length, 1900 ; wing, 87*0; 
tail, 110 0 ; bill (gape), 16'0 ; tarsus, 30*0. Female, July 28, 1891, at 
6,900 feet, Disappointment Rock. 
Paradiseidjs. 
Lophorhina superba, Pennant. Male ; total length, 195*0 ; iris 
brown. July 9, 1891, at 4,350 feet. 
Parotia lawesit, Ramsay. Female, July 26, 1891, at 4,100 feet. 
Astrarchia stephano^ Meyer. The lengthened feathers of the head 
and the neck form a frill on either side ; chin feathers scaly, outer 
webs of secondary remiges without bronze reflections ; iris brown. 
Two males, July 29, 1891, at 7,723 feet. Female, same place and time. 
Epimachus MACLEAYANiE, Ramsay. Male; iris grey-blue. July 28, 1891, 
at 6,900 feet. Female, same place and time, the sexes being seen in 
separate companies. Agrees with the female described by Dr. Finsch 
in every detail but total length, which depends so much on the 
collector's judgment in making up a skin. As the female of this 
