PAROTIA BERLEPSCHI, Kleinschm.

Count von Berlepsch’s Bird of Paradise.

Parotia berlepschi, Kleinschmidt, Orn. Monatsb. vy. p. 46 (1897).—Id. J. f. O. 1897, p. 174.

 

Tuis is an ally of Parotia carole, from which it only differs in some few characters. On the back there
is a wash of golden brown; the commissure of the bill is more curved, and the bill is higher than in
P. carole. The white frontal patch is also smaller than in the Jatter species, and the lateral feathers of the
coronal crest lack the white tips; but the most striking peculiarity of P. berlepschi seems to me to be
the colour of the cheeks and throat, which, instead of being of light ochreous or golden colour, are
blackish with a faint reddish-brown gloss under certain lights.

The exact part of New Guinea from which P. berlepschi comes is at present unknown, and only a few
native-prepared skins have so far come to Europe and are now in the collections of Count von Berlepsch and
the Hon. Walter Rothschild.

The similarity of P. berlepschi to P. carole has rendered a separate figure of the species unnecessary.

PAROTIA HELENA, De Fis.

Mount Scratchley Bird of Paradise.

Parotia helene, De Vis, Ibis, 1897, p. 390.

 

I wave not seen a specimen of this recently discovered Bird of Paradise, which can be best described by
quoting the original account given by Mr. De Vis :— . . cna
“This species bears a very close general resemblance to Parotia lawesi of a and might be describe
in the same terms, were it not differentiated from it by the form and colouring of the crest and ie non-
elongation of the superciliary plumes ; the supranasal part of the crest is erect and very Le ava ee
ascends gently to the forehead; the frontal part 1s suddenly elongated aud oa a ies ae
lobe ; the short anterior portion is bright bronze-brown ; the elevated posterior part is dark co a ee 1
a paler bronze-brown reflection, and the adjacent parts of the head are suman in colour ty a a.
both sexes yellow, pupil light blue ; beak black; feet in male corneous or light brown, in female iron-grey
Contents of stomach, fruits. Native name ‘ Kanaro.’’ a ee

“The females of the two species can be distinguished only by the colour of the thighs, which in 2%. dawese
are rufous, in P. helene fuscous.”
: Pe les and a female were obtained at Neneba, on Mount Scratchley, in South-eastern New Guinea,

at a height of 4000 feet, in November 1896.

 

 

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