some new Paradise-birds. 
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slight appearance in P. keraudreni , and the base of the hill 
is rather narrower. 
This species differs from P. keraudreni in the uniform 
coloration of the wings and back, as also in the brilliancy 
and nuance of the colour, besides in the much lengthened 
head- and neck-feathers. From P. hunsteini, Sharpe (Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Zool. xvi. p. 442), it differs in its smaller size, 
which agrees with that of P. keraudreni; moreover, there is 
no blue in P. hunsteini, and the head is oil-green, whereas it 
is bluish green in P. purpureo-violacea. Sharpe is of opinion 
that P. hunsteini comes from Normanby Island. 
5. Parotia lawesi, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. x. 
p. 243. 
Mr. Ramsay has described only the male of this species, 
of which the female differs from the corresponding sex of 
P. sexpennis more than the male. 
Fern. Supra brunnea ; capite et collo nigris ; corpore subtus 
brunnescente, nigro transfasciolato; subalaribus obscure 
cinnamomeis : long, tota 250, ahe 142-144, caudse 100, 
rostri culm. 15, rostri hiatus 34, tarsi 45 millim. 
The female of P. sexpennis is silver-grey on the under 
surface, with undulating punctures of black and yellow, and 
similar under wing-coverts. That of P. lawesi is below 
bright reddish brown, with black cross markings, and has 
uniform chestnut-brown under wing-coverts. At the back 
of the head the feathers are lengthened and are of a dark 
chestnut-brown narrowly edged with black, and with black 
bases; the feathers on the sides of the head are not so much 
lengthened as in P. sexpennis. Thus, although the upper 
surfaces of the two females are nearly similar, except for the 
longer tail of P. sexpennis , their lower surfaces are altogether 
different. 
The young male of P. lawesi is like the female, but is not 
of so light a red-brown above, has a black neck, and on the 
under surface is of a deeper and brighter brown-red colour. 
The length of the tail is 100 millim. 
The principal differences between the males of the two 
species are as follows:—The frontal feathers of P. lawesi 
