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first day I went out at Atam on June 23, I got both these 
species (two specimens of each), besides one Drepanornis 
albertisi , three Paradigalloe, one Parotid , and several other 
wonderful kinds of birds. It was a memorable day, because 
I also ascended one of the peaks, and was surprised to find 
myself surrounded by four or five species of Vaccinium and 
Rhododendron. I also found an Umbellifer (a Drymis) and 
various other plants common to the mountains of Java. 
There were also some mosses a foot and a half in height. 
But I must speak to you of birds, and not let myself be 
distracted from the Paradise-birds. 
“ The Arfaks call Astrapia gularis c Haroma/ and the adult 
Epimachus maximus f Kambiloja;* the young ones and 
females are called f Lessoa/ Drepanornis is well known to 
the Arfaks under the name of ‘Sagroja/ it is not very 
rare, but difficult to find, because, as the hunters assure me, 
it has no peculiar cry, so that it is only met with by chance. 
Its inconspicuous colour also makes it difficult to see. It is 
partial to places near recent clearings, from 3000 to 5000 feet, 
as it has the habit of flying to dead trees and fallen trunks, 
about which it finds the insects which form its food. In the 
stomachs of the two specimens I dissected I found only 
insects of various orders, ants predominating, and the larvae 
of a Lepidopterous insect. The irife of the adult male is 
violescent brown. I preserved a male which was in bad con¬ 
dition in spirit for anatomical study. As to Paradigalla 
carunculata , I shot one from my hut whilst it was eating the 
small fleshy fruits of an Urtica. It likes to sit on the tops of 
dead and leafless trees, like the Mino dumonti. The finest 
ornament of this bird are the wattles, which in the dried skin 
lose all their beauty. The upper ones, which are attached one 
on each side of the forehead, are of a yellowish green colour; 
those at the base of the lower mandible are blue, and have a 
small patch of orange red beneath. The Arfaks call the 
Paradigalla ( Happoa/ Of Parotia sexpennis I got one 
adult male alive; but it only lived three days. Its eye, with 
the iris azure surrounded by a yellow ring, is extremely 
beautiful. The six feathers which ornament the head are 
