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black in both sexes. In other species of the genus the 
females have more black than the males. 
Malimbus coronatus. [Nga’a-minkan.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 352, pi. vii. 
No. 1865. ? . This specimen is another perfectly black 
female, which was previously entered under Melanopteryx 
nigerrimus (‘The Ibis/ 1908, p. 350). It is exactly like No. 
1049, and if I am right in considering it the female of the 
present species, M. cassini and M. coronatus have the females 
just alike. The evidence for naming it as I have done is less 
conclusive than in the case of No. 1049. I believe No, 1865 
to have been the mate of No. 1864, the type of Dr. Sharpe’s 
Malimbus coronatus; but I did not shoot the pair myself. 
The boy who brought them to me said that he shot the two at 
their nest, and he brought the nest along to shew me. I do 
not believe that he was either deceiving me or mistaken. 
The nest which the boy brought was quite different from 
that of M. cassini described above, being large, but with the 
entrance only six inches long, and was woven mostly of 
tendrils, with the ends bristling out, giving it a rough 
appearance. 
1315. Malimbus malimbicus. [Nga'a-minkan.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 351. 
This red-crested species is perhaps the commonest member 
of this interesting genus of Ploceidse, in which the bright red 
colours blossoming out at some part of their ebony plumage 
remind one of the surprisingly bright flowers sometimes seen 
on the black forest tree-trunks; both flowers and birds are 
characteristic of the great forest. 
No. 1625 was shot (by myself) near its nest, from which 
it had just come out. The nest was hung from the long 
thorny rhachis of a Calamus , or climbing palm, about 20 feet 
from the ground. It was in plain sight, but protected by its 
position on the long, swaying, thorny leaf-stalk. This nest 
was more roughly built than that of Malimbus cassini, and 
the downward-pointing opening was short and ragged. The 
material seemed to be strips of the leaves of the palm on 
which it was hung. 
