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Mr. Walter Rothschild on 
LoBORHAMPHUS PTILORHiS. 
Labor hamphus ptilorhis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. 0. xxi. p. 67 ; 
id. Hand-1. B. v. p. 575. 
S ad. Velvety black, strongly washed with coppery 
purple. The crown metallic, slightly paler, but otherwise 
uniform with the back. Nasal plumes thick and velvety; 
sides of the head of the same colour as crown. Chin oily 
green. Pectoral shield mostly reddish purple, but with some 
of the feathers bordered with steel-green. Rest of under 
side velvety black. Base of bill with yellow wattles. 
Wing 1785 mm.; tail 155 mm.; culmen 37*5 mm.; 
metatarsus 42*5 mm. 
Habitat . Hutch New Guinea. 
Ianthothorax mirabilis (Reichen.). 
Paradisea mirabilis Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. ix. p. 186 
(1901) ; Journ. f. Orn. 1902, pi. i. 
Ianthothorax mirabilis Rothsch. Bull. B. 0. C. xiii. p. 31 
(1903). 
£ ad. Head, occiput, chin, throat, and sides of head and 
throat covered with a thick mass of close, small, velvety, scale¬ 
like feathers, glittering steel-blue; hind-neck, interscapuiium, 
and upper back blackish steel-blue. Lower two-thirds of 
back and upper tail-coverts liver-brown intermixed with 
blackish ; tail sooty black-brown, outer webs saturated and 
washed with steel-blue, central rectrices narrow and pointed, 
about one inch longer than the rest, bright steel-blue. 
Quills deep brown, rest of wings and upper wing-coverts 
liver-brown intermixed with brownish black. Breast and 
upper abdomen deep velvety purplish brown, flanks paler ; 
lower abdomen yellowish grey, streaked with purple-brown. 
Elongated Rank-plumes yellowish grey, washed with pale 
clay-brown. 
Wing 185-195 mm.; tail without central rectrices 130 
mm., central rectrices 155 mm.; elongated flank-plumes 
exceed central rectrices by 211 mm.; culmen 46 mm. ; meta¬ 
tarsus 50 mm. 
Habitat. German and Dutch New Guinea. 
