PARADISEIDAE 



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crest merging into a cunipressed frontal ridge, whence chestnut 

 feathering extends over the cuhnen. Loria. loriae is chiefly pur- 

 plish-black with an iridescent violet nasal shield of scale-like 

 feathers. Lohoparadisea sericea is rufous-brown and yellow, with 

 a wattle, apparently bluish, extending upwards from the gape on 

 each side. Amhlyornis inorndta and A. subalaris SiX& respectively 

 olive and reddish-brown, with a, huge orange-red crest. A. Jlavi- 

 frons has the crest yellower. Sericulus melintis, the Eegent-bird, 

 is black, with orange liead, neck, and most of the remiges ; Ptilo- 



FiG. 128. — Satin Bower-bird, Ptilorhynchus violaceus, x 



o'hynchtfs violaceus, the Satin-bird, is purplish-black, with much 

 feathered culmen ; Scenopoeeies dentirostris is olive-brown above, and 

 fulvous with dusky streaks below. Aeluredus viridis, the Cat-bird, 

 not to be confounded with that of America (p. 5 19), is bright green, 

 with a blue wash on the back, and with white streaks, bars, or spots 

 on the nape, wings, tail, and yellowish under parts. Other species 

 of the genvis have mainly black or Ijrown heads, while some have 

 white throats with black markings. Chlaviydodera nuchcdis has 

 grey-brown plumage above with whitish tips, a lilac nuchal band 

 backed by stiff feathers, and a yellow-grey lower surface. 



Female Paradise-birds generally have brown upper parts with 

 lighter markings, though they are occasionally blacker, as in Astrapia 



