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spread into an oval. The breast has a rich 

 gilded changeable green gorget, which is very 

 brilliant. Our figure, which is copied from 

 the work of Lesson, will show the form and 



general appearance of such specimens as are 

 preserved in museums. The female, which 

 is also figured here, wants the six long- 

 shafted feathers and the gorgeous breast of 



the male, but instead, the feathers on the 

 neck and side and under parts of the body 

 are of a very light brown colour, transversely 

 marked with rather wide deep brown bars. 

 It is to be hoped that in a short time this, 

 as well as the other superb Paradiseae, will 

 be found alire in our aviaries and Zoological 

 Gardens. 



The SUPERB PARADISE BIRD. Paradisea 

 \_Lophorhind] superba.) According to Mr. 

 Forster, this magnificent native of that or- 

 nithological paradise the island of New Gui- 

 nea, is brought down to Salawat by the 

 inhabitants, in the shape of skins dried in 

 the smoke, and deprived of the legs and 

 wings. M. Lesson obtained his specimens 

 at Dorey, and from his figure the cut which 

 accompanies this is copied. Nothing but a 

 ' Humming-bird can exceed in splendour of 

 colour some parts of the breast of this bird ; 

 i the closely imbricated feathers on the throat 

 ' and breast are of a bronzed green, with iri- 

 i descence and corruscations of violet. The 



crest at the base of the beak, the long fea- 

 thers on the side of the neck, looking like 

 a second pair of wings, and the brilliant 



SUPERB BIRD OP PARADISE MACE. 

 (PARADISEA [I.OPHORHINA] BUPBRBA.) 



deeply-notched projecting green shield on 

 its breast, are indicated in the figure: no 

 description can give an adequate idea of the 

 splendour of this or any other Bird of Para- 

 dise : we must refer our readers to the cases 

 in the British Museum, or to other collec- 

 tions which contain these " children of the 

 sun." 



PARANDRA. A genus of Longicorn 

 beetles belonging to the Prionidce family, 

 the species of which, as yet, have only been 

 found in America. Their form and general 

 appearance will be better indicated to our 

 readers by the accompanying figure than by 

 any description. We may only observe that 

 the body is parallelepiped and very glossy; 

 that the antennae are simple, somewhat 

 moniliform, and rather short ; that the ligula 

 has the form of a short transverse segment 

 of ft circle, not lobed in front ; and that the 



penultimate joint of the tarsi is hardly bi- 

 lobed. Like most of the members of this 

 family, in the larva state they feed upon 

 timber. There are several species found in 

 both North and South America. 



PARDALOTUS. A genus of Australian 

 birds, which in affinity of manners and 

 general appearance seem to be allied to the 

 Titmice and Wrens. We give a figure of ; 

 the Spotted Manakin, as characteristic of i 

 the genus, and, as an example, may allude j 

 to the PARDALOTUS AFFINIS, or STRIPED- i 



