164 rARABISEIP-E. 



a". Flank-plumes produced to an extra- 

 ordinary length and forming two 

 enormous bunches of feathers reach- 

 ing far beyond the tail ; two centre 

 tail-feathers thread-like or horny in 



structure 7. Paradisj:a, p. Kii!. 



b". Flank-plumes not produced beyond 

 the tail ; on each side of the breast 

 a large tuft of plumes spread like a 

 fan ; two centre tail-feathery thread- 

 like and ending in a racket 8. Cicinxurus, p. 171. 



(V. With a dorsal shield. 



c". Head thickly plumed wilh close-set 

 feathers. 

 a"'. With a fan-shaped tuft of feathers 

 springing from each side of the 



breast 9. Rhipidornis, p. 1 72. 



h"'. Without fan-shaped tuft of pec- 

 toral feathers 10. Diphyllodes, p. 17;3. 



d'. Head bare, with a few transverse 



tracts of feathers 11. Schlegelia, p. 175. 



c. Tail square or rounded, the two centre 

 feathers not exceeding the others in any 

 gTeat degi'ee. 

 e'. Head ornamented with six thread-like 

 plumes furnished with a terminal 

 racket, a lai'ge gular shield of metallic 

 golden ; no dorsal shield of feathers ; 

 plumes of the sides of the body enor- 

 mously developed, sufficient to over- 

 shadow the whole of the back 12. Parotia, p. 176. 



/'. Head without the long thread-like 



plume.=. 



e". With a large metallic pectoral shield. 



c'". With no dorsal shield of plumes, 



from each wing two projecting 



long white plumes 13. Semioptera, p. 178. 



d'". With an enormous dorsal shield 

 of velvety black plumes spread out 

 lilie a fan from the interscapulary 

 region ; no standard plumes from 



the wing 14. Lophorhtna, p. 179. 



/". With no pectoral shield, tail slightly 

 rovmded. 

 e". With no dorsal shield of plumes, 

 rt^. Plumage metallic , with two elon- 

 gated occipital tufts of plumes. 15. Phonygama, p. 180. 

 J'. Plumage metallic, the feathers 

 of the crown and breast more 



or less crinkled 16. Manucodia, p. 181. 



c*. Plumage not metallic 17. Lycocorax, p. 185. 



/■'". With an erectile shield of dorsal 



plumes; eutire plumage yellow. . 18. Xaxthomelus, p. 186. 



