some new Paradise-birds. 
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D. cervinicauda ; the tufts of feathers above the eyes are 
very small and consist only of a few feathers, whereas they are 
larger in D. albertisi ; the naked spaces on the back of the 
head are less extended in D. cervinicauda than in D. albertisi; 
the underside of the tail in D. cervinicauda is not much 
brighter than in D. albertisi , so that there is a much greater 
contrast between the two surfaces in the latter. Lastly, the 
inner webs of the inner surface of the wings are broadly 
edged with isabelline colour in D. cervinicauda , whereas in 
D. albertisi these edgings have a strong brownish tinge. 
The females are still more different in colour, inasmuch as 
in D. albertisi the whole upper surface is rusty brown, while 
in D. cervinicauda it is olive with the exception of the 
tertials and the rump, which are rusty brown, but always 
appreciably brighter than in D. albertisi. Again, the tail is 
considerably brighter above, but nearly similar below. The 
under surface of the body of D. cervinicauda is also rather 
brighter, and apparently less regularly banded. 
Drepanornis bruijni , Oust., from the eastern coast of the 
Bay of Geelvink, is a perfectly distinct species from D . al¬ 
bertisi and D. cervinicauda, as OustalePs description * and 
examples of it now before us (from 136J° to 137° E. long.) 
show. Especially remarkable is the stronger and light- 
coloured bill. The full plumage of this species is not yet 
known, unless it turns out that both sexes are clad alike in 
dull plumage as in the specimens already obtained. 
Drepanornis cervinicauda was placed by Salvadori (Orn. 
Pap. ii. p. 553 and iii. p. 552) under D. bruijni and D. al¬ 
bertisi with a quaere, by Bamsay (Proc. L. S.N. S. W. iv. 
p. 469) and Sharpe (Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xvi. p. 445) 
cursorily under D. albertisi, until Sclater (P. Z. S. 1883, 
p. 578) distinguished the southern form as D. albertisi cer¬ 
vinicauda, and Sharpe figured it in Gould's f Birds of New 
Guinea' (pt. xviii. 1884, pi. 1) as D. cervinicauda. Our 
view is that the specific rank is correct in this case, as in that 
of so many other representative species in the ornis of New 
* Cf. Oustalet, Bull. Assoc. Sci. de France, 1880, p. 172; Ibis, 1881, 
p. 164; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 649. 
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