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Mr. Walter Rothschild on 
band of purplish bronze, while in A. nigra these feathers 
have a broad terminal band of glittering green. Breast- 
shield, head, and throat glossed with bright greenish steel- 
blue instead of purple. 
Wing 182-191 mm.; tail 430-485 mm.; culmen 38- 
39 mm. ; metatarsus 44-46 mm. 
? ad. Similar to A. nigra , but more black in colour, and 
the breast more extensively barred with vermiculate pale 
bars. 
Wing 166 mm.; tail. 250-290 mm. ; culmen 38-39 mm. ; 
metatarsus 43-45 mm. 
Habitat. Rawlinson Mts., German New Guinea (Wahnes 
coll.). 
Note .—It will strike many that I am inconsistent in not 
treating Astrapia rothschildi and A. Stephanies as subspecies 
of A. nigra , but the structure of the plumage of the males 
is different, and though they undoubtedly represent one 
another geographically, I do not feel justified in uniting 
them as three subspecies. 
Cicinnurus lyogyrus Currie. 
Cicinnurus lyogyrus Currie, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. 
p. 497 (1900), Patria ignota. 
Differs from C. regius (Linn.) in having the pectoral 
shield nearly four times as long as in the latter, it being 
almost as long as broad; frontal plumes shorter, not pro¬ 
jecting forward beyond middle of bill and not obscuring the 
the contour of the skull; tail emarginate instead of rounded ; 
outer web at end of central tail-shafts only two-thirds as 
wide near base, the width uniform for the greater part of 
its length, instead of narrowing rapidly to the tip, much 
more loosely coiled; the apical portion of the naked crossed 
tail-shafts divergent instead of convergent. The crimson of 
the back is darker ; crown and forehead orange-vermilion, 
not orange-chrome ; pectoral tufts smaller, darker, and sub¬ 
terminal buff line on each plume much narrower, darker, 
and less conspicuous ; pectoral shield, except a narrow 
edging on lower border, and tips of central tail-feathers 
grass-green, not emerald-green, and the tips of the pectoral 
