351 
recently described Paradiseielse. 
Tring Museum and, with the exception of the first, have been 
figured in ‘Novitates Zoologicse/ vol. xvii. pi. x. (1910)* :—* 
*Ptilonorhynchus violaceus ( VieilL), 
-dEluroedus viridis (Lath.). 
* „ melanotis maculosus Rams. 
* „ huccoides geislerorum Meyer. 
*Scenopoeetes dentirostris {Rams.). 
*Chlamydera cerviniventris Gould. 
* „ maculata maculata (Gould). 
„ „ guttata Gould. 
* „ nuchalis nuchalis (Jard. $f Selby). 
„ „ orientalis Goidd. 
Sericulus chrysocephalus {Lewin). 
*Prionodura newtoniana de Vis. 
*Parotia sefilata lawesi Rams. 
*Lophorina superba minor Rams. 
*Ptilorhis magnifica intercedens Sharpe. 
„ „ alberti Elliot. 
„ magnifica (Vieill.). 
* „ paradisea victorise Gould. 
*Seleucides ignotus ( Forst.). 
*Astrapia stephaniae (.Finsch 8f Meyer). 
Paradisea apoda apoda Linn. 
„ raggiana Sel. 
„ „ augustse-victorise Cab. 
„ rudolpbi {Finsch). 
„ minor minor Shaw. 
„ „ finsebi A. B. Meyer. 
Manucodia atra atra (Less.). 
* „ „ altera Rothsch. fy Hart. 
* „ ebalybata orientalis Salvad. 
* „ comrii Scl. 
*Phonygammus keraudreni jamesi Sharpe. 
» » gouldi (Gray). 
Lycocorax pyrrhopterus obiensis Bernst. 
In this article, as the result of closer examination of the 
various Paradiseidce, I have united a number of forms in the 
various genera as subspecies. I repeat here my reason for 
doing this in many families of birds. If a form replaces 
another geographically, but structurally and otherwise 
* Since this was written nests and eggs of Astrapia rothschildi Foerst. 
and Paradisea gulielmi Cab. have been received at Tring. 
2 B 2 
