wliicli always lias tlic ciilmcn broader. In tlie abovc-mentlonetl characters M. johìensìs is intermediate
hetwccii M. vhalubcata and M. atra. No sjiecimcn of M. jobiensk is in the British Museum, but I notice
consi(lcral)le variation in the tints of tlie metallic lastre in a series of J / , vhalijbcata.
Count Salvadori states that Dr. Beccari oI)tained the sj)ecies at Sarin in Jobi, and Mr. Bruijn's liiinters
at Wonapi. Dr. Giiillemard met with it near Ansus in November, and considered the species to be
uncommon in the island. The bill atid feet were black in the specimen lie obtained, and the iris red.
His measurcnictits are less than those given by Count Salvadori, but, as Dr. Meyer remarks, these are
j)robably attributable to a dillercnce in sex.
The trachea is like that of AI. chihjheata-ixwA the convolution is confined to a single loo]). It is figured
by Dr. Meyer (/. I" tlie female and young male of ÌM. chahjheatu the convolution of the trachea
is tiot j)resent.
MANUCODIA RUBIENSIS, Mcj/er.
Rubi Manucode.
Manucodia nibiemis, Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. ii. p, 374 (1886), iii. p. 38 (1886).—Id, Ibis, 1880, p. 242 —
D'Hamonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1880, p. 510.—Salvad. Aggiunte Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 147
(1890).—Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiii (1894).
THIS spccrcs, of which I hiive not seen a siiecinien, has been described by Dr. A. B. Meyer. It is said to be
similar to M. chahjheatu, but is much smaller. Dr. Meyer writes From Rubi, the most soulhern
point of the Hay of Geelvink, which is very remarkable in its ornithology, two e.vamples lie before me, which
are distinguished by their small size from those of other localities. Moreover, the under surface of the
neck seems to be green instead of blue, and the curling of the feathers is only very slightly developed. The
1)111 is but little stronger than in Phomjgama keraudreni."
Laglaize has also procured this species at Kafu.