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PARADISiEID^E. 
Mathewsiella magnifica intercedens (Sharpe). 
Ptilorhis intercedens Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xvi. p. 444, 
1882 : East Cape and Milne Bay, S.E. New Guinea. (Fig. Sharpe, 
i. pi. 5.) 
Distr. —New Guinea (S.E.). 
Mathewsiella magnifica claudia (Math.). 
Craspedophora magnified claudia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. iii. 
p. 72, July 21st, 1917 : Claudie River, North Queensland. (Fig. 
Math. xii. pi. 592.) 
Distr. — North Queensland (Claudie River). 
MathewsieUa magnifica yorki (Math.). 
Craspedophora magnifica yorki Mathews Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. 
p. 8, July 17th, 1922: Cape York, North Queensland. (Fig. 
Gould, Suppl. pi. 51, and Sharpe, i. pi. 4.) 
Ptiloris albcrti Elliot. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1871. p. 583, Oct. 1st (not Gray, 
1840.) 
Distr. —North Queensland (Cape York). 
Genus HETEROPTILORHIS Sharpe. 
Heteroptilorhis Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. Introd. p. x, 1898. Type (by 
monotypy): Craspedophora mantoui Oust. 
Heteroptilorhis mantoui (Oust.). White-vented Rifle-bird. 
Craspedophora mantoui Oustalet, Naturaliste, vol. xiii. 1892, p. 260 : 
“ North-West New Guinea/’ (Fig. Sharpe, i. pi. 6.) 
CraspeAophora bruyni Biittikofer. Notes Leyden Mus. vol. xvi. p. 101, 1894 
(1895). 
Distr North-West New Guinea, Arfak Mts., N.W. Guinea. 
Genus PARYPHEPHORUS Meyer. 
Paryphephorus Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 420. Type (by original desig¬ 
nation) : Craspedophora duivenbodei Meyer. 
Paryphephorus duivenbodei (Meyer) * Fan-necked Rifle-bird. 
Craspedophora duivenbodei Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 419, pi. 12 : Mts. 
North-West New Guinea. (Fig. Sharpe, i. pi. 7.) 
Distr. — North-West New Guinea. 
Genus JANTHOTHORAX Butt. 
Janthothorax Biittikofer, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. xvi. p. 163, 1894 
(1895) Type (by monotypy): J. bensbachi Butt. 
* Considered by Meise to be an hybrid between Ptiloris magnifica and Lophorina 
superba. 
