6. PARADIGALLA. 165 



5. ASTRAPIA. „ 



Type. 



Astrapia, J'icill. N. Diet. iii. p. 36 (1816) A. nigra. 



liange. Conflued to New Guinea. 



1. Astrapia nigra. 



Gorget Paradise-bird, Lath. Gen. Si/». i. p. 478, pi. 20. 



Paradisea nigra, Gni. S. N. i. p. 401 (ex Lath.). 



Paradisea gularis, LatJi. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 196 ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. 



pp. 69, 70. 

 Le ilausse-col dore, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 22, pis. 8, 9. 

 La Pie de Paiudis oa I'lncomparable, Levaill. H. N. Ois. Farad, i. 



pis. 20-22. 

 Astrapia gulaiis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hkt. Nat. iii. p. 37 ; Less. Traite, 



p. 3:38 ; id. Ois. Farad. Si/». p. 18 ; id. Hist. Kat. p. 106, pis. 21- 



23 ; Schl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 386 ; Beccari, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. 



p. 711 ; Sclater, Ibis, 1876, p. 249. 

 Astrapia nigra, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 7o ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 326 ; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 414 : Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 430 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 



1862, p. 154 ; id. 3Ialay Archip. ii. p. 257 ; Elliot, Monogr. Parad. 



pi. ix. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. ix. p. 190. 



Adult male. General colour above velvety black, ■with a purplish 

 gloss ; the wings black externally, glossed with purple ; tail-feathers 

 black, with wavy lines of dusky black under certain lights, the two 

 centre feathers verj" long and glossed with rich purple ; feathers of 

 the head black, dense and velvety in texture, with a steel-blue gloss ; 

 from the nape a shield of golden-green feathers springs, and the 

 feathers of the hind neck are very long and tipped with the same 

 golden green ; from each side of the nuchal shield spreads a ruif of 

 velvety steel-black plumes ; the feathers of the tlrroat also steel- 

 black, and encircled by a band of brilliant golden copper, which ex- 

 tends from behind the eye down the sides ot the neck and encircles 

 the throat ; rest of under surface of body rich velvety grass-green, 

 the lateral plumes of the breast tipped with burnished emerald- 

 green ; the sides of the body and under wing- and tail-coverts dusky 

 black; bill and legs black; "iris almost black" (iJecrari). Total 

 leugth 28 inches, culmen 1-6, wing 8-8, tail 7, centre feathers 18. 



Hah. Xew Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Baron Laugier. 



6. PARADIGALLA. _ 



Type. 

 Paradigalla, Less. Ois. Parad. 1835, p. 242 P. carunculata. 



Hanrje. Confined to New Guinea. 



1. Paradigalla carunculata. 



Astrapia carunculata. -Eyd. ^- Soiilryet, Voy. Bonite. p. 8.3, pi. 4. 

 Paradigalla carunculata. Less. Ois. Parad. p. 242 ; id. Per. Zool. 1840, 



p. 1 ; Bp. Cojisp. i. p. 414 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 6 ; Wall P. Z. S. 



1802, p. irO: id. Malay Arch. ii. p. 257; Elliot, Monogr. Parad. 



