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PASSERIFORMES 



CHAT. 



Fio. 127. Six-wired Bird of Paradise. Parotia 



sexpennis. x 



(From Malay Archipelajo.) 



patch crosses the forehead ; the occiput is green, bkie, and purple, 

 having two lateral tufts, from each of which spring three wires 



terminating in small black 

 discs ; while large, soft, erec- 

 tile masses of black adorn each 

 side of the body. Semioptera 

 wallacii, the Standard-wing, 

 is mouse-coloured, with some- 

 what bronzj back and violet 

 head ; the pectoral feathers 

 have green edges ; the green 

 shield on the fore-neck ex- 

 tends in lateral tnfts to tlie 

 flanks ; and two long, narrow 

 white plumes, erected at will, 

 adorn the bend of each wino-. 

 Loi^liorliina superla is black, 

 with blue, green, and Ijronzy 

 gloss on the head and neck : 

 the bluish-green breast-shield is prolonged at the sides, and a 

 metallic black erectile ruff graces the nape. Lamprotliorax has 

 coppery, green, purple, rosy, and brownish hues, and two long blue- 

 green median rectrices. Phoriygammiis jamesi is purplish-violet, 

 with blue-green head, under surface, lanceolate neck-featliers, and 

 acuminate occipital tufts. The extraordinary Ptericlophoi^a alherfl 

 possesses a wonderful streamer behind each eye, twice as long as 

 the body. This has, on the outer side only, about thirty-seven thin 

 quadrangular enamel-like lobes, which are light blue with dusky 

 backs. The plumage is black, with olive rump-region and ochra- 

 ceous lower parts, the head and neck shewing elongated plumes. 



Maniccodia atra is steel-green aiul Ijlack, with purple reflex- 

 ions ; M. {Eucorax) comrii has the head and neck-feathers curly, 

 M. clialyleata those of the fore-neck. The Crow -like Lycocorax 

 pyrrliopterus is greenish-black with brown wings ; jLcinthomelus 

 aureus is orange-yellow, and has a deeper-coloured crested head 

 and neck, black throat, tail, and part of wings and back, and a 

 cape of hackled plumes falling over the last. 



Of the Bower-birds, Prionodura neivtoniana is bright orange,, 

 olive, and brown ; Cnemophilus macgregori is golden -yellow above 

 and black below, with brownish wings and tail ; the thin recurved 



