A P P E N D I X .
Add
3 . ClUSPEDOPHORA INTERCEDENS.
Cmsjiedophora mtercedens, Salyad. Ann. Mus. Gcnov. xviii. p. 420 (1882).—Id. Oi-n. Papuasia, iii. p. 652 (1882).—
Id. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) x. p. 821 (1891), xvi. p. 108 (1890).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part ii. (1893).
—Id. Bull Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xii (1894).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, -vii. no. 2,
p. 40 (1898).
PtilorKs mtercedens, Rothschild, Thierreieh, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 25 (1898).
Dr. Lorlii collected several specimens ¡it Tuajagoro and Bujakori, in August 1890 ; these are villages
on the Kemp Welch Kiver, to tlic east of Port Moresby. The soft parts were as follows " Iris maroon ;
hill black ; feet black, or dull lavender-colour in adult birds. In the females and young birds the bill was
dusky horn-colour and the feet greyish." Their food consisted of fruit, and the native name was " Aroro."
Or. Loria has also met with the spccies in the Astrolabe Range.
GENUS III. H E T K R O P T I L O R H I S (antea, p. x).
1 . IlETEllOl'TILORm.S MANTOUI.
Add : —
Craspedophora mantoiii, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xii (1894).—Id. Monogr. Parad. part Yi. (1890).—
Suchetet, Hybrides, i. p. 420 (1897).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 41
(1898).
Ptilorhis mantmi, Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 25 (1898).
Dr. Meyer points out that the white on the under surface of this species distinguishes it from all the
other Rille-birds. M. Suchetet, in his zeal for ihe discovery of hybrids in a state of nature, has fallen foul
of the present bird (described, too, by his countryman, Dr. Oustalet), and actually suggests the |)Os.sil)ility
of its being a hybrid between Craspcdophora magmfie.a and Seleuchks nigricans. This is certainly one ol the
most extraordinary propositions ever conceived in the history of ornithology.
G E N U S IV. PARYPHEPHORUS.
. , , 1. PARYPHEPHOKUS DUIVENDODII.
Add:—
Panjphephorus diuvenlodii, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 41 (1898).—Rothschild,
Thierreieh, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 22 (1898).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part viii. (1898).
As Dr. Meyer has pointed out (/. c.), and Mr. Rothschild has also determined, this genus should be
|)laced close to Craspalophora, and Tiot se])arated from it by the intervention of lan/hothorax, as I had
|n'oposed in 1894.
G E N U S V. lANTHOTHORAX.
. . 1. IANTHOTHORAX DENZNACNI.
Add
hmthothornx lemhacU, Sliarpe, Monogr. Parad. part vi. (1896).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii.
no. 2, p. 41 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 22 (1898).
G E N U S VI . SKLEUCIDES.
! . SELEUCIUES MOHICANS. Add :—
Sckuddes nigricans, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xvi. p. 109 (1890).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vii.
(1897).—Reichen. ,1. f. 0 . 1897, p. 214.
Selencides igiwtiis (Förster), Rothschild, Novit. Zool. v. p. 80 (1898).—Id. Thierreieh, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 29
(1898).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. .Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 41 (1898).
Dr. Meyer gives the following notes from his diary of 1873:—"Iris red; feet rose-red. Flies about
alone or in pairs. It cries loudly ' wau-nau,' in a high key in the throat, so that one can easily locate
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its position and shoot it. It feeds three times in the day, searches for insects under the bark of trees, hut
also eats fruit." Mr. Rothschild i)oints out that the English translation of Valentyn appeared in 177Ü, and
not in 1780, which is the date of the French translation (piotcd by me, following Salvador!. He revives
the name of P. ignota (Forster) for the species ; but there are grave doubts as to whether Forsler really
meant this name to be spcci6c, or whether he intended that the bird was " unknown," as he refers to it as
" Oiseau de Paradis noir i't pen connu" (i. e. ignoid).
Recorded from the Jagei River and the Empress Augusta River, in German New Guinea, by
Dr. Reiehenow.
GENUS DR E P A N O R N I S .
Add:— 1 . D E EE PANORNIS ALBERTI S I .
Drepanornis alhertisi, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part y. (1S96).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2,
p. 41 (1898).
Drepanornis albertisi Qypictls), Rothschild, Thierreieh, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 27 (1898).
2 . DUEPANOHNIS GEISLERI.
Drepanornis geisleri, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 41 (1898).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad.
part \iii. (1898).
Drepanornis alhertisi geisleri, Rothschild, Thierreieh, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 27 (1898).
Mr. Rothschild coiifiruis the distinctness of this species, though founded on a female bird only.
Compared with typical D. albertisi, it differs in the less distinct chestnut colour of the head and the illdefiiied
grey band on the neck, as well as the more olive-brown colour of the back and wings and the
yellower colour of the tail.
Add;- 3 . DREPANOKNIS CEKVtNICAUDA.
Drepanornis cervinieauda, Salvad. Mem. Accad. Torino, (2) xlii. p. 114 (1894).—Dc Vis, Report Coll. New
Guinea, p. 0 (1894).—Sharpe, Bull, Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xii (1894).—Id. Monogr. Parad. ¡lart iv.
(1896).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xvi. p. 107 (1890).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden,
vii. no. 2, p. 41 (1898).
Drepanornis albeiiisi cervinieauda, Rothschild, Thierreieh, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 27 (1898).
Dr. Loria obtained a considerable series of this species in the Astrolabe Mountains, iji the Moroka
district, ii] July, August, aiul October, and at Gere Kanuniu in February. The colour of the iris is hazel
in the old males, and pale maroon in the females and young males. The bill and feet are horn-coloured
in the adult males, but in the females and young the bill is black, and the feet bluish-grey or leaden-grey.
The food consists of insects and fruit.
GENUS VIII. DREPANANAX.
. I. DREPANANAX ERUIJNI.
Drepanornis Irtiijni, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. partiv. (1895).—Rothsch. Thierreieh, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 28 (18S8).
Drepananax hruijni, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, ix. pp. xii, xv (1894).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus.
Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 41 (1898).
I separated this species generically in 1894, on account of the different sliaj)e of the lateral j)ectoral
shields and the absence of the long (lank-shields. Dr. .Meyer agrees with me that the genus should be
recognized, but Mr. Rothschild does not consider it to be distinct from Drepanonm. The range of the
s|)ecies is said by the latter ornithologist to be from about 138' to 140° E. long.
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