546 PASSERIFORMES CHAP. 
“ Paradise-Pie ” of old authors, is bronzy-black above and green 
below, with golden-green occiput and nape, purplish black throat, 
coppery fore-neck, and violet 
tail, the feathers round the 
head forming an _ erectile 
frill. A. stephaniae has the 
head and neck bluer, the 
breast purplsh-bronze.. The 
smaller A. splendidissima 
has a more brilhant nape- 
region, red fore-neck, and 
much buffon the tail J/ae- 
gregoria pulchra is black, 
with mainly orange-buff pri- 
maries, and an orange wattle 
covering most of the face. 
Paradigalla carunculata 1s 
black, with green and bronzy 
sheen above; the front of 
the head being naked, with 
Fic. 125.—Long-tailed Bird of Paradise. Falci- three wattles on each side— 
Le aaa xq) iron Maley ci ene bread and yellow above 
the bill, another moderate 
and blue at the gape, a third small and red below it. Paradisea 
apoda, the Great Bird of Paradise, is rich brown, becoming 
purplish beneath; the head and neck are pale yellow, the fore- 
head, lores, cheeks, and throat metallic green. The wiry median 
rectrices have very slight apical and basal webs, while long, thick, 
extensile tufts of delicate decomposed golden-orange feathers, tipped 
with brown, grace the sides. Of its congeners, P. minor has the 
mantle straw-coloured; P. raggiana has a light yellow gorget, 
and red lateral plumes like those of P. (Uranornis) rubra, the 
Red Bird of Paradise. P. (Paradisornis) rudolphi is greenish-blue 
and dusky above, with blackish head, neck, and under surface, and 
a purplish occipital patch. From the sides of the body spring 
two series of elongated, decomposed feathers; the outer and stiffer 
being ultramarine, changing terminally to lilac with a brown 
external tinge, the inner smaller and deeper blue. Below these 
come a row of short chestnut plumes and finally a set of black. 
The two long median rectrices are violet-black with small blue 
