IN IN IR @ 1D Ww CMe il © IN. If. PAROTIA. Parotia, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. d Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 160 oe Otostylus, Gloger, Handb. Naturg. p. 344 (1842) Range. New Guinea. Key to the Species. a. Flank-plumes black. a. On the forehead a patch of silvery white. a’. Pectoral shield mostly metallic green, glittering with bronze and golden ; metallic bar on nape purplish-blue, with emerald-green in the centre 6”. Pectoral shield fiery metallic golden; metallic bar on nape steely-blue 6°. No white on the forehead 6. Flank-plumes white. ce. Cheeks and throat light ochreous or golden d’. Cheeks and throat blackish, with a reddish-brown gloss II. LOPHORHINA. Lophorhina, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. xviii. p. 184 (1817) Range. New Guinea. Key to the Species. a. Larger: neck-shield rounded, with pointed lateral feathers; pectoral shield forked and pointed at the ends. Female with the outer aspect of the quills dark chestnut; tail rufous-brown ; no white line behind the eye round the hind-neck ao 6. Smaller: neck-shield forked, the lateral feathers rounded ; pectoral shield more square on the lower margin. Lemale with the outer aspect of the quills pale rufous ; tail olive- brown ; a line of white, black-spotted feathers from bebind the eye round the hind-neck . IV. LOBOPARADISEA, Loboparadisea, Rothsch. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vi. p. xv (1896) Range. New Guinea. V, LORIA. Loria, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genoy. (2) xiv. p. 151 (1894) Range. S.E. New Guinea. VI. PTILONORHYNCHUS. Ptilonorhynchus, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. p. 150 (1820) Range. Australia. Vit. AMBLYORNIS. Amblyorms, Elliot, Ibis, 1872,p.114 - . .- ee Xanthochlamys, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xv (894) a Range. New Guinea. XV Type. P. sexpennis. P. sexpenms. 1. sexpennis. 2. lawesi. 3. helene, A. carole. d. berlepschi. Type. L. superba. 1. superba. 2. minor. Type. L. sericea. Type. L. lorie. Type. P. violaceus. Type. A. tnornata. A. subalaris. é ji rid Nie dS, ewe 4. CH eM ih CaA%* EN alee =