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PARADISE PROMEROPS. 



Promerops paradiseus. P. castancus, subtus can us, capite cristato 



nigro, cauda longissima. 

 Chesnut Proraerops, grey beneath, with black crested head, and 



very long tail. 

 Upupa paradisea. U. rcctricibus duabus longissimis. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. 

 Upupa paradisea. U. cristata spadicea, subtus cincrascens, capite 



coiloque nigrls, rectricibus duabus intennediis longiasimis. Lath. 



ind. orn. 



Avis paradisiaca cristata, &c. Scb. mus. 1. t. 30. f. 5. 

 Crested Promerops. Lath. syn. 



THIS bird seems to have been first described in 

 the magnificent work of Seba, where it is consider- 

 ed as a species of Paradise- Bird. It is about the 

 size of a Starling, and measures nineteen inches in 

 length, of which the tail is fourteen inches and a 

 quarter : the bill is rather more than an inch long, 

 curved, and of a lead-colour, as are also the legs: 

 the head and neck fine deep black, the crown 

 <of the head ornamented by a very conspicuous, 

 lengthened, semipendent crest, composed of nu- 

 merous feathers of unequal length: the whole 

 remainder of the bird, on the upper parts, is 

 bright brown, on the under pale ash-colour : the 

 tail-feathers of very moderate length, except the 

 two middle ones, which extend to a vast distance 

 beyond the rest. Native, according to Seba, of 

 the East Indies, where it is said to be very rare. 

 The description of this species is given by Brisson 



