APPENDIX. 
XXXI 
Genus XXII. PTERIDOPHORA. 
1. PTERIDOPHORA ALBERTI, 
PteridopJiora alberti, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vii. (1897). — Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, 
p. 51 (1898). — Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 21 (1898). 
Both Dr. Meyer and the Hon. Walter Rothschild differ from me as to the natural position of the genus 
PteridopJiora in the Paradiseidce . 
Genus XXIII. SEMIOPTERA. 
1 . Semioptera wallacii. 
Semioptera wallacii, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part v. (1895).- — Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, 
p. 50 (1898). 
Semioptera wallacei ( typica ), Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 37 (1898). 
. , . 2. Semioptera halmahera. 
Add: — 
Semioptera wallacii, pt., auct. (spec, ex Ins. Halmahera). 
Semioptera wallacii, var. halmaherce, Salvad. Orn. Papuasia e delle Molucche, ii. p. 573 (1881). — Id. Agg. Orn. 
Papuasia etc. ii. p. 157 (1890). 
Semioptera gouldi, Boucard, Humming-Bird, i. p. 43 (1891). 
Semicpiera halmaherce, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiii (1894). — Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. 
Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 50 (1898). 
Semioptera wallacii, pt., Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part v. (1895). 
Semioptera wallacei halmaherce, Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 38 (1898). 
On a reconsideration of the subject, I have come to the conclusion that the Halmahera Standard-wing can 
be separated from the Batchian bird by slight hut constant characters, and it has been recognized as distinct 
by Dr. Meyer and the Hon. Walter Rothschild. As it is confined to a separate island, a trinomial name 
ought scarcely to have been given. 
Genus XXIV. PHONYGAMA. 
Mr. Rothschild points out (Thierreich, /. c. p. 46) that the oldest name for this genus is Phony gammas, 
Less. & Gamier, in Ferussac, Bull. Sci. Nat. viii. p. 110 (1826). 
. 1. Phonygama keraudreni. 
Add : — 
Phonygama keraudreni, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiii (1894). — Id. Monogr. Parad. part iv. (1895). — 
Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 51 (1898). 
Phonygammus keraudreni, Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 46 (1898). 
The great resemblance of immature P. jamesi , in its steel-blue plumage, to P. keraudreni, has led to the 
uniting of the two birds under the latter heading, and the extension of the range from Dutch New Guinea to 
S.E. New Guinea. Having gone over the series of specimens in the Rothschild Museum, I have adopted his 
opinion that P. keraudreni is not found in the last-named area, and that P. jamesi is a distinct species. 
