168 I'AIUDISEID.H. 



«-<^- cJj $) cJ juv. St. Ai'ii Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



d,e. c? and $ ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 'Cj. 



ft ih <S W^'- sk- Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. fC]. 



A, i. c? ad. sk. Aru Islands. W. Harvey, Esq. [P.]. 



/>•, I. (S ad. sk. Aru Islands.. 



2. Paradisea minor. 



Paradisea minor papuana, Forstcr, Lid. Zool. p. 33. 



Lesser Bird of Paradise, Lafh. Gen. Si/n. ii. p. 474. 



La Petite Emeraude, Aitdcb. S,- Twi/l/Ois. Dor. ii. p. 12, pis. 2, 11. 



Le Petit Oiseau de Paradis emeraude, Levaill. Ois. Parad. i. pis. 4, 5. 



Paradisea minor, SJuuv, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 486 ; Wagler, Syst. Av. 



Paradisea, sp. 2 ; Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. ; Less. Ois. Parad. 



S>/n. p. 3 ; id. H. N. Ois. Parad. pis. 1-5 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 16 ; Elliot, Monoyr. Parad. pi. lii. ; Salvad. Ami. Mus. Civic. 



Genov. vii. p. 781, i.\. p. 191. 

 Paradisea papuana, Beclist. Kurze TJebers. p. 131 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 323 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 413; Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 157 ; Wall. 



Ibis, 1859, p. Ill, 1861, p. 287; Schl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 385 ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1862, p. 123 ; Wall. t. c. p. 160 ;' Rosenb. J. f. O. 1864, 



p. 129 ; Schl. K T. D. iv. pp. 17, 49. 

 Paradisea bartletti, Goodwin, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 244. 



Adult male. A narrow frontal band, lores, cheeks, and throat 

 velvety green, slightly metallic, the forehead and chin as well as a 

 spot at the base of the lower mandible appearing velvety black; 

 crown of head and hind neck, as well as the sides of the latter, con- 

 verging towards the lower throat, bright golden straw-colour, all 

 the plumes velvety in tqxture ; mantle and scapulars dull ochraccous 

 straw-colour, all the feathers ruddy at the base ; wing-coverts 

 maroon-brown, the least ones washed with ochraceous straw-colour, 

 the median and greater series tipped with golden straw-colour, form- 

 ing a double bar across the wing-quiUs, which are maroon-brown, 

 as also the lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail, the two 

 centre tail-feathers produced into two long thread-like shafts about 

 18 inches in length ; under surface of body from the throat down- 

 wards to the under tail- coverts maroon-brown ; from the flanks are 

 developed two large tufts of plumes, bright yellow for their basal 

 half, white for the terminal half, at the base of the flank-tufts a few 

 rigid blood-red plumes ; under wing-coverts and inner lining of quills 

 maroon-brown, like the breast; biU leaden grey ; feet black. Total 

 length 14-5 inches, culmen 1*35, wing 7'3, tail 6-2, tarsus 2. 



Adult female. Wants the long flank-plumes and the metallic green 

 about the forehead and throat which are seen in the male. General 

 colour above, including the wings and tail, maroon-brown ; head, 

 sides of face, and throat maroon-brown, darker than the back, the 

 hind neck and mantle dull ochraceous straw-colour, with which also 

 the wing-coverts are washed; the whole of the render surface from 

 the throat dowTiwards silky white ; thighs pale maroon-brown, the 

 sides of the breast and flanks also slightly washed with maroon, the 

 under wing- coverts white, those near the outer edge of the wing 

 maroon-brown. Total length 13"5 inches, culmen 1'35, wing 6, 

 tail 4-9, tarsus 1-6. 



