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Corvip2&. 
CoRVUS ORRU. 
Corvus macrorhynchus, pt., Wagl.? 
Corvus orru, Mull. ; Bp. Consp. Av. p. 385. 
“Tris sky-blue ” (Wallace). 
Hab. New Guinea; Havre-Dorey (Miiller). 
a, 6. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 
CorvUS CORONOIDES? 
Corvus corone, p., Wagl. Syst. Av. Corv. sp. 6. 
Hab. New Guinea (Wagler). 
GYMNOCORVUS SENEX. 
Corvus senex, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 24. 
Gymnocorvus tristis, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 327. 
Gymnocorvus senex, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 315. 
Hab. New Guinea ; Havre-Dorey (Lesson). 
PARADISEID®. 
PARADISEA APODA. 
Paradisea apoda, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 166. 
a. New Guinea. 
6. New Guinea. Presented by J. B. Kingdom, Esq. 
c. New Guinea. From the Zoological Society’s Collection. 
Var. Wallaciana. 
Paradisea apoda, var. Wallaciana, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. 8. 1858, 
p-clsk. 
Paradisea apoda, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 526. 
The “intensely shining orange-coloured”’ lateral plumes easily 
distinguish this bird from the specimens of P. apoda in the British 
Museum, and from the representations given in the works of Le- 
vaillant, Vieillot, and Lesson, &c. The yellow on the top of the 
head and back of neck is also of a much paler colour, both in the 
specimens with and without lateral plumes. In Forrest’s ‘ Voyage 
to New Guinea’ it is stated that the Great Bird of Paradise of 
Aroo migrated, ‘‘ when the easterly or wet monsoon set in,”’ to New 
Guinea ; but we learn from the interesting paper * of Mr. A. R. 
Wallace that this “‘is quite mcorrect, as they are permanent resi- 
dents in Aru, and the natives know nothing of their beg found in 
New Guinea.” The two differences previously mentioned, which 
were uniform in all the specimens sent home by Mr. Wallace, induce 
me to suppose that, if not a distinct species, it is at least a well- 
marked local variety of the Great Bird of Paradise. 
a—c. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 
* Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1857, vol. xx. p. 411. 
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