and Eggs from New Guinea. 613 
of twigs and vine-tendrils and lined with the same material, 
only finer: its external diameter is 11 inches, internal 6 
inches; external depth 5 inches, internal 3 inches. There 
were two eggs in the nest, which is the full clutch ; their 
ground-colour is a purplish white, covered more or less with 
Fig. 1. 
Nest and eggs of Manucodia atra. 
minute blackish freckles, and also having a few larger dots 
of a dark purplish brown, and some blotches of a much 
lighter hue, mostly on the larger end; the markings under 
the surface are very light purple. They measure: A 1*50X 
1*4, B T51 x T3 inch. 
Philemon nov.e-guintle. (New Guinea Helmeted Friar- 
bird.) 
These noisy birds are fairly plentiful in the open forest 
country near the coast and on the adjacent islands of Southern 
New Guinea. They often congregate together on fig and 
