INTRODUCTION. 
II. PAROTIA. 
Parotia, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 160 (1819) ......... 
Otostylus, Gloger, Handb. Naturg. p. 344 (1842) 
Range . New Guinea. 
Key to the Species , 
a. Flank-plumes black. 
a\ On the forehead a patch of silvery white. 
a". Pectoral shield mostly metallic green, glittering with bronze and golden ; metallic 
bar on nape purplish-blue, with emerald-green in the centre 
b" . Pectoral shield fiery metallic golden; metallic bar on nape steely-blue 
b'. No white on the forehead 
b. Flank-plumes white. 
c'. Cheeks and throat light ochreous or golden 
d'. Cheeks and throat blackish, with a reddish-brown gloss ....... 
III. LOPHORHINA. 
Lophorhina, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xviii. p. 184 (1817) ....... 
Range. New Guinea. 
Key to the Species. 
a. Larger : neck-shield rounded, with pointed lateral feathers ; pectoral shield forked and 
pointed at the ends. Female with the outer aspect of the quills dark chestnut; tail 
rufous-brown ; no white line behind the eye round the hind-neck 
b . Smaller : neck-shield forked, the lateral feathers rounded ; pectoral shield more square on 
the lower margin. Female with the outer aspect of the quills pale rufous ; tail olive- 
brown ; aline of white, black-spotted feathers from behind the eye round the hind-neck . 
IV. LOBOPARADISEA. 
Loboparadisea, Rothsch. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vi. p. xv (1896) 
Range. New Guinea. 
V. LORIA. 
Loria, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) xiv. p. 151 (1894) ........ 
Range. S.E. New Guinea. 
VI. PTILONORIIYNCHUS. 
Ptilonorhynchus , Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. p. 150 (1820) ........... 
Range. Australia. 
VII. AMBLYORNIS. 
Amblyornis, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 114 • 
Xanthochlamys , Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xv (1894) 
Range. New Guinea. 
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Type. 
P. sexpennis. 
P. sexpennis. 
1. sexpennis. 
2. laivesi. 
3- helence . 
4. carolcs, 
5. berlepschi. 
Type. 
L. superba. 
1. superba. 
2. minor. 
Type. 
L. sericea. 
Type. 
L. loria. 
Type. 
P. violaceus. 
Type. 
A. inornate. 
A. sub alar is. 
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