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APPENDIX. 
A ^ 3. Craspedophora Intercedens. 
Craspedophora intercedens, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov, xviii. p. 426 (1882). — Id. Orn. Papuasia, iii. p. 552 (1882). — • 
Id. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) x. p. 821 (1891), xvi. p. 108 (1896). — Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part ii. (1893). 
— Id. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xii (1894). — Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, 
p. 40 (1898). 
Ptilorhis intercedens, Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 25 (1898). 
Dr. Loria collected several specimens at Tuajagoro and Bujakori, in August 1890 ; these are villages 
on the Kemp Welch River, to the east of Port Moresby. The soft parts were as follows: — “Iris maroon; 
bill black ; feet black, or dull lavender-colour in adult birds. In the females and young birds the bill was 
dusky horn-colour and the feet greyish.” Their food consisted of fruit, and the native name was “ Aroro.” 
Dr. Loria has also met with the species in the Astrolabe Range. 
Genus III. HETEROPTILORHIS (antea, p. x). 
. 1. Heteroptilorhis mantoui. 
Add:— 
Craspedophora mantoui, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xii (1894). — Id. Monogr. Parad. part vi. (1896). — 
Suchetet, Hybrides, i. p. 420 (1897). — -Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 41 
(1898). 
Ptilorhis mantoui, Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief, 2, Parad. p. 25 (1898). 
Dr. Meyer points out that the white on the under surface of this species distinguishes it from all the 
other Rifle-birds. M. Suchetet, in his zeal for the discovery of hybrids in a state of nature, has fallen foul 
of the present bird (described, too, by his countryman, Dr. Oustalet), and actually suggests the possibility 
of its being a hybrid between Craspedophora magnifica and Seleuckles nigricans. This is certainly one of the 
most extraordinary propositions ever conceived in the history of ornithology. 
Genus IV. PARYPHEPHORUS. 
. , , 1 . Paryphephorus duivenbodii. 
Add : — 
Paryphephorus duivenbodii, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 41 (1898). — Rothschild, 
Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 22 (1898). — Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part viii. (1898). 
As Dr. Meyer has pointed out (/. c.), and Mr. Rothschild has also determined, this genus should be 
placed close to Craspedophora, and not separated from it by the intervention of Ianthothorax, as I had 
proposed in 1894. 
Genus V. IANTHOTHORAX. 
. 1. Ianthothorax benzbachi. 
Add: — 
Ianthothorax benzbachi, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vi. (1896). — Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. 
no. 2, p. 41 (1898). — -Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 22 (1898). 
Genus Yl. SELEUCIDES. 
. .. 1. Seleucides nigricans. 
Add : — 
Seleucides nigricans, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xvi. p. 109 (1896). — Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vii. 
(1897). — Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 214. 
Seleucides ignotus (Forster), Rothschild, Novit. Zool. v. p. 86 (1898).— Id. Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 29 
(1898). — Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 41 (1S98). 
Dr. Meyer gives the following notes from his diary of 1873: — “Iris red; feet rose-red. Flies about 
alone or in pairs. It cries loudly ‘ wau-wau,’ in a high key in the throat, so that one can easily locate 
