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Genus VIII. CNEMOPHILUS.
1. CNEMOPHILUS MACGREGORI.
Add :-—
Cnemophilus macgregori, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiv (1894).—Id. Monogr. Parad. part iv. (1895).—
Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 53 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2,
Parad. p. 15 (1898).
Mr, Rothschild describes the female as greenish-brown above, with the wings and tail reddish-brown ;
under surface of body brown, merging into clear reddish-brown on the middle of the body; the six feathers
at the base of the bill are shorter and not boat-shaped.

Genus IX. PRIONODURA.

cee 1. PrionopuRA NEWTONIANA.
Prionodura newtoniana, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part i. (1891).—Id. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiv (1894).—
Meyer, Abhandl. k. zcol. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 53 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad.
p. 13 (1898).

Genus X. XANTHOMELUS.
Aan 1, XANTHOMELUS AUREUS.
Xanthomelus aureus, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part i. (1891).—Id. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiv (1894).—Meyer,
Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 52 (1898).
Xanthomelus aureus (typicus), Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 10 (1898).
Dr. Meyer gives the following note from his diary of 1873 :—‘ I shot this species at about a height of

2260 feet south of Rubi on a high tree. Iris clear yellow. The Papuans are afraid to kill this bird, for fear
it should bring on thunder.”

Nae 2. XANTHOMELUS ARDENS.
Xanthomelus ardens, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vi. (1896).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2,
p. 52 (1898).
Xanthomelus aureus ardens, Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 11 (1898).

Genus XI. SERICULUS.

1. SericuLus MELINUS.
Add :—

Sericulus melinus, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part iv. (1895).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dres

den, vii. no. 2,
p- 53 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 13 (1898).

Genus XII. CHLAMYDODERA.

If Gould had understood that the proper rendering of his generic term for this genus of Bower-Birds
should be Chlamydodera instead of Chiamydera, he would have accepted the correction, as I can vouch from
personal knowledge of his character. It seems to me a little hard on him to revive his faultily composed
name of Chlamydera, as the Hon. Walter Rothschild has done (Novit. Zool. v. p- 86; id. Thierreich,
Lief. 2, Parad. p. 8), when everyone is now perfectly familiarized with the correct rendering of the genus
Chlamydodera (xdapds, a cloak ; 5ép7, neck).

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