190 The Aviaries and Birds at Kodda^n Castle. 



Male: Above, mostly velvety black, with purplish reflec- 

 tions; wings black, with coverts and quills exteriorally g-lossed with 

 steel-green; head and nape metallic green; lores, eyebrows, sides 

 of face, cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat black, with purplish gloss; 

 pectoral shield metallic green, glistening like the scales of a snake, 

 followed by bands of velvety black and rich green, remainder of 

 under surface dark purple; bill and legs black. Total length 11^ 

 inches, tail 4|. 



Female: Above, cinnamon-rufous; ashy-white beloAV, with 

 brown crescentic markings; eye-streak white, mottled with brown. 



Lesser Bird of Paradise. 



(Faradisea minor) . 

 From life hy II. Guodcltihl. 



The Great Bird of Paradise (Paradisea apoda) is a 

 gorgeous bird, but it has been several times desci-ibed in our 



