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Streptocitta (2 sp.), Celebes ; Charitornis (1 sp.), Sula Islands ; 

 Cormis (55 sp.), universally distributed except South America 

 and New Zealand, but found in Guatemala and the Antilles 

 to Porto Eico ; reaches the extreme north of Europe and Asia ; 

 Gymnocorvus (2 sp.), Papuan Islands ; Picathartes (1 sp.), West 

 Africa ; Corvultur (2 sp.), Tropical and South Africa. 



Sub-family V. Fregilinse (Choughs). Fregilus (3 sp.), moun- 

 tains and cliffs of Palaearctic region from West Europe to the 

 Himalayas and North China, Abyssinia (Plate I., Vol. I., p. 

 195) ; Corcorax (1 sp.), Australia. 



FAMILY 21. PAEADISEID^. (19 Genera, 34 Species.) 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Paradiseidae, or " Birds of Paradise," form one of the most 

 remarkable families of birds, unsurpassed alike for the singularity 

 and the beauty of their plumage. Till recently the family was re- 

 stricted to about eight species of the more typical Paradise birds, 

 but in his splendid monograph of the group, Mr. Elliot has 

 combined together a number of allied forms which had been 

 doubtfully placed in several adjacent families. The various 

 species of true Paradise birds, having ornamental plumes deve- 

 loped from different parts of the body, are almost wholly confined 

 to New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, one species 

 only being found in the Moluccas and one in North Australia ; 

 while the less typical Bower-birds, having no such developments 

 of plumage, are most characteristic of the north and east of 

 Australia, with a few species in New Guinea. The distribution 

 of the genera according to Mr. Elliot's monograph is as follows : 



Sub-family I. Paradiseinse. Paradisea (4 sp.), Papuan Is- 

 lands ; Manucodia (3 sp.), Papuan Islands and North Australia ; 

 Astrapia (1 sp.), New Guinea ; Parotid (1 sp.), New Guinea ; 

 Lophorhina (1 sp.), New Guinea; Diphyllodes (3 sp.), Papuan 



