A P P E N D T X .
Genus IX. EPIMACHUS.
lov. Zool. V. |). 84) revives the generie luune FalcineUus oí Vieillot,
'l'lic Hüll Wülfer Uotliscliikl (Nov. ¿.uui. v. -- o- c r^ i • u
•A v'e ;, 7 (1810), a,ul ,,oints out that Beel,stein, to wbou, tl,e genenc na.ne of F.fe«.//«. >s
n e v i applied it to the Glossy Ibis, which l,e calle.l " Ta.mlu. falcnelU..
1 . EI'IMACHUS SPECIOSUS.
Sharpe, Mono.r. Parad, partili. IM I Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xi i (189. ) . -
Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 42 (1 b98).
Roti,Schild, Novit. Zool. v. p. 85 (1808) . - Id. Tlüerre.eh, L . f . Parad, p. 30 (1898).
IM,.. Hotl,scl,ll,l adopts ti,e ,u.n,e of Uoddaert, because it co,nes first ou the page of the
latter's work. helb,-e that of At one ti,ne I was inllueneed by tl,e sa,ne eons,de,-at,ons. but I now
to ,-evive tl,e unknown na,ne of slríun. instead of the >vell-kuowu na,„e of ,s an
i l r v a n e e of the rule of " strict prio.-ity " wl,ich is better honoured in its bre^-h. Dr. Meyer (/. . ) .ys
that the ,.ote of tl.is bi,-d is " tub, t,d,, tub, tub, tub, tub. The food cons.sts ot frn.t and .„sects. The feet
a,-e greyisb-blue, a,ul tbe i,-is is yellowish-,-ed " (extract from Ins dia,-y of 1873).
2. EPIMACIIUS MEYEUI.
« y m , Sharpe, Monogr. Parad, part (18iU).-Id. »uU. Brit. Oru. Club, iv. p. xii (18.4).-Meycr.
Abhaudl. 1(. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 42 (1898).
FalcinMis me;,cri, Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad, p. 31 (1898).
Add
3 . EPIMACHUS ASTBAPIOIDES.
'FakineUim admpiokks, liothschild. Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 30 (1898).
The babitat of this speeies is believed to be some part of North-westeru New Guinea.
4 . EPIMACHUS ELLIOTI.
eim, Sharpe. Monogv. Parad. part vi. (1896).-Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii.
no. 2, p. 42 (1898).
Falcmelhls dlioti, Rothschild. Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 29 (1898).
Tbe babitat of tl,is species is still unknown, but Dr. Meyer and the Hon. Walter Rothschild botb tl,ink
that it will be fouud to be some part of Noi-tb-western New Guinea.
Sun-E-AMILY II. P A I I A D I S E I N
GENUS X. ASTRAPIA.
«ú/ra, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part ii. (1893) . - Id. Bull. Brit. Oru. Club, iv. p. xii (1894).-Meyer
Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 42 (1898).-Rothsch. Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 32
(1S98).
GENUS XI. ASTRARCHIA.
I , ASTBAKCHIA STEFHANIIE.
^'^l^rcUa Stephanie (Finsch & Meyer), Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part Iii. (1894) . - ld. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club,
iv. p. xii (1894).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vn. no. 2, p. 42 (1898).
Astrapia stephamce. Rothschild. Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 33 (1898).
A P P E N D I X . xxvii
GENUS XII. CALASTRAPIA {miicà, p. xiii).
. . . 1. CALASTHAPIA SPLENDIDISSIMA.
Add:—
Astrapia splendidissima,'Mt-^fiV, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 42 (1898).—Rothsch. Xovit. Zoul.
V. p. 85 (1898) .—Id. Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 32 (1898).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vili. (1898).
This species was at first believed to have come fro,n the Cba,-les Lewis Mom,tains, hut Mr. liothschild
now considers its true habitat to be the Arfak Mountains.
GENUS XIII. PARADISEA.
. , , 1. PARADISEA APODA. Add :—
Paradisea apoda, Sharpe, Monogr. Pavad. part i. (1891).—Id. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiii (1894).—Meyer,
Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 43 (1898).
Paradisea apoda (typica), Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 39 (1898).
A d d : - 2 . PARADISEA NOV-H-OUINE®.
Paradisea nomguinea:, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus, Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 43 (1898).
Paradisea apoda iwvaiguinece, Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 40 (1898).
Paradisea nova-guinea, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part viii. (1898).
Add:—
3. PARADISEA BAGGIANA.
Paradisea raggiana, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vi. (189G).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Di-esden, vii. no. 2,
p. 47 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 41 (1898).
4 . PARADISEA ISIARIA.
Add :—
Paradisea maria, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 3, p. 44 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich,
Lief. 2, Parad. p. 42 (1898).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vili. (1898).
5 . PARADISEA AUGUST/-E-VICTOHI/E.
Add :—
Paradisea augiisice-victorice, Shm-^e, Monogr. Parad. part iii. (1894).—Id. Bull. Brit. Gru. Club,iv.p. xiii(1894).
—Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 222.
Paradisea aiigastmcloriai, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 43 (1898).—Rothsch. Thierreich,
Lief. 2, Parad. p. 41 (1898).
Add :—
0 . PARADISEA INTERMEDIA.
Paradisea intermedia, Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cluh, vii. p. iv (1897).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus.
Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 4 0 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 41 (1898).—Sharpe,
Monogr. Parad. part viii. (1898).
The habitat of this species is given by Mr. Rothschild as from Holnicote Bay to Collingwood Ray in
N.E. British New Guinea.
7 . PARADISEA DECORA.
Add :—
Paradisea decora, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 47, Taf. ii. (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich,
Lief. 2, Parad. p. 42 (1898).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part viii. (1898).