“ The egg of P. apoda is darker, with spots of the same colour, hut with much broader and more 
isolated streaks and dashes, and the space round the pole of the large end somewhat spotted. 
“The egg of P. raggiana, as described by Ramsay (/. s. c.), appears to he of a similar character. 
“The two eggs described and figured, each from two sides and from above, were taken by the brothers 
Geisler, in the month of August 1890, near the village of Jakema on the Saddle Mountain Sattelberg ’), 
Huon Gulf, East New Guinea, at about 250-300 metres above the sea-level. A native having told them 
that he had discovered the nest of a Paradise-bird, they proceeded to the spot, but found the tree too high 
and big to climb it themselves. The native, however, ascended it and brought down two eggs, unfortu- 
nately leaving the nest torn to pieces between the twigs. Several females fluttered and cried around while 
the native was thus employed, a male having been shot just before on a neighbouring tree.” 
The figure in the Plate represents an adult male of about the natural size, and is drawn from an example 
in the British Museum. 
