346 smscicAPiD^, 



m*. Hind neck cliestiuit like the 

 back ; head and nape only 



glossy steel-green n'l/tkroptera (5 nd., p. 357. 



ff". Throat grey, only a little dai'ker than 

 the breast. 

 /'". Throat distinctly glossed. 



n^. Quills black, edged with chest- 

 nut. 

 e^. Entire breast grey, only the 

 lower abdomen white ; cul- 



men 07 inch ajinis S juv., p. 350. 



f". Breast grey ; entire abdomen 



white; cidmen 0'85 inch . . incii J ad., p. 351. 

 o". Quills rufous-brown at end of 



inner web ert/throptera 2 fid., p. 357. 



«i"'. Throat grey like breast, without 

 any gloss at all. 

 ])*. Head metallic steel-green, as 



well as a long occipital crest . . paradisi $ ad., p. 347. 

 q^. Head dull greyish, with a slight 

 gloss. 



a^. Tail 3-2 inches perspicillata $ ad., p. 358. 



6*. Tail 4-5 inches perspicillata cj juv., p. 358. 



c. Tail grey, a little darker than the back, 



which is also grey. . tricolor, p. 359. 



d. Tail black. 



e'. Under tail-coverts white, like the abdo- 

 men ; back maroon ; head and throat 



purplish princqjs, p. 361. 



f. Under tail-coverts grey, like the abdo- 

 men and breast ; back chestnut ; head 

 and throat glossj- steel-black; secon- 

 daries edged with white cristata S imm., p. 355. 



y'. Under tail-coverts glossy black, like the 

 abdomen. 

 h". Indigo-black, the feathers of the head 



velvety ; tail 10'5 inches corvina S ad., p. 362. 



i". Greenish black, the feathers of the 

 head tipped with glossy steel-green, 

 giving a scaled appearance atrichalyhea (S ad., p. 302. 



1. Terpsiphone paradisi. 



The Pyed Bird of Paradise, Eduards, Nat. Hist. Birds, iii. pi. 113. 

 Le Gobe-mouche blanc hup6 du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Briss. 



Orn. ii. p. 414, pi. 41. fig. 1* ; Danbent. PL Enl. v. pi. 234. 

 La Pie de I'isle Papou, Briss. t. c. p. 45. 

 Muscicapa paradisi, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p, 324 (ex Briss.). 

 Paradise Flycatcher, Lath. Oen. Syn. ii. p. -345. 

 Le Gobe-mouches Tchitrec-b6 roux, Levaill. Ois. d^Afr, iii. pi. 144 ; 



Sunder. Crit. o?n Levaill. p. 40. 

 Le Gobe-mouches Tchitrec-be blanc, Levaill. Ois. d'A/r. iii, pi. 145; 



Siindev. t. c. p. 40. 

 Le Tchitrec-b^, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. pi. 146 ; Sitndev. t. c. p. 40. 



* Probably drawn from a specimen of T.o^wjs, judging from the black ehaft- 

 lines distinctly indicated in the dorsal feathers. 



