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AVES. 
two intermediate tail feathers long and setaceous. Total length 
two feet. Inhabits the Moluccas. 
Genus 23. —LAMPROTORNIS.— Temminck. 
Generic Character .—Bill of medium size, depressed at the 
base, with a ridge concealed in the frontal feathers, somewhat 
convex above, and compressed at the tip, which is slightly 
notched; nostrils basal, lateral, ovate, partly closed by an arched 
membrane, frequently hidden by feathers ; legs long; tarsus 
longer than the middle toe; internal toe adhering at its base, 
the external one free; fourth and fifth quills longest. 
Lamprotornis gularis. — The Gorget Bird or Paradise. 
Plate XLII. fig. 2. 
Black, with a highly iridescent lustre of purple and green, 
having a golden metallic lustre on the back and under parts; 
throat of a copper golden hue; head crested ; tail long, wedge- 
shaped. Size, exclusive of the tail, about seven inches. Inha¬ 
bits the Moluccas. 
ORDER III.—INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 
The bill is of a medium size, or short in some genera; it is 
straight, rounded, or subulate; upper mandible curved, and 
notched at the tip ; base for the most part beset with bristly 
hairs, directed forward; feet having three toes before and one 
behind, with parallel articulations ; the exterior toe adhering at 
its base, or in some species to the first phalange of the middle 
toe. 
Their voices, for the most part, melodious ; and they feed on 
berries in the cold season. 
