zNen eat oae eNO) a Gee XXXV v. p. Xv (1894) _ —— 3. PaRroviA HELEN. hierreich, Lief. 9 Add :— Parotia helene, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p- 50 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 18 (1898).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part viii. (1898). Mus. Dresden, yj Aaa 4, Parovia CAROLE, Parotia carole, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vii. (1897).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 50 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 18 (1898). Aga ). ParovIA BERLEPSCHI. Parotia berlepschi, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 50 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 19 (1898).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part viii. (1898). 1594), — Genus III. LOPHORHINA. Addl — 1. Lopnornina suPERBA. Lophorhina superba, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiii (1894).—Id. Monogr. Parad. part iv. (1895).— Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 51 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 19 (1898). ») : rs we Weblo 2. LopHoRHINA MINOR, Lophorhina minor, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part v. (1895).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genoy. (2) xvi. p. 106 (1896).— Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 51 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 20 (1898). Dr. Loria procured a series of specimens in the Moroka district of the Astrolabe Range. The native ] ] § pame for the adult male was ‘ Civaia,” and for the young birds “Tohirugu.” ‘The iris is chestnut and the bill and feet black in the male, horny-black in the female. The food consists of fruit and insects (¢f. Salvad. Z, ¢.). Count Salvadori says that adult females have small white spots on the forehead, these being absent, however, in the young birds. Genus IV. LOBOPARADISEA. 1. LopoparapisEa SERICEA. Add :— Loboparadisea sericea, Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vii. (1897).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 51 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 14 (1898). Dr. Meyer gives the island of Krudu, in the east of Geelvink Bay, as the habitat of this species. The Hon. Walter Rothschild, however, believes that it comes from some portion of the north coast of ght not tthe Dutch New Guinea. Genus V. LORIA. 1. Loria Loria. Add :— > = Loria lorie, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genoy. (2) xiv. p. 151 (1894).—Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiv (1894).—Rothschild, Novit. Zool. ili. p. 252 (1896).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xvi. p. 112 (1896).—Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, vii. no. 2, p. 53 (1898).—Rothschild, Thierreich, Lief. 2, Parad. p. 15 (1898). Cnemophilus marie, De Vis, Report Orn. Coil. Brit. New Guinea, 1894, p. 6—Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiv (1894). Loria marie, Sclater, Ibis, 1898, p. 343, pl. vili—Rothschild, Novit. Zool. iii. p. 14 (1896).—Sharpe, Monogr. Parad. part vi. (1896). There can be no question that Z. marie is identical with Z. dori@, and the above is the correct synonymy for the species. n NN x NN INI SII, en wate 5 ‘salar IRS: _.\ x I ms my J TRIN i} I,