490 CLASS XVT. 



t With bill arched. 



a) Tail very long, graduated. Cinnamolegus LESSON. 



Sp. Epimachus speciosus GRAY, Upupa magna GM. (and U. fuxca ejusd. fern.), 

 SONNEB. Voy. PL 100, 101, BUFF. PL enl. 639, LESS. Ois. de Par. PL 

 39, 40, New Guinea. 



b) Tail somewhat short, even. Ptiloris SWAINS. 



Sp. Epimachus magnificus Cuv. R. Ani. PL iv. fig. 2, LESS. Ornith. PL 74, 

 fig. i, Cent. Zool. PL 4, 5, GUER. /cow., Cfo. PL 26, fig. 3, New Guinea; 

 Epimachus regius LESS., Ptiloris paradisceus SWAINS., LESS. Ois. de 

 Parad. PL 29, 30, Australia. 



ft With bill almost straight, subincurved. Sekucides LESS. 



Sp. Epimachus albus, Paradisea alba BLUMENB., Abbild. Naturh. Gegenst. 

 No. 96. Cuv. R. Ani., d. ill., Ois. PL 44, fig. 4, New Guinea. 



Astrapia VIEILL. Bill moderate, slender, subarcuate, emar- 

 ginate at the tip. Lower mandible shorter. Wings with fifth and 

 sixth quills subequal, longest of all. Tarsi elongate. Tail very 

 long, cuneate, with feathers broad. 



Sp. Astrapia gularis VIEILL., Paradisea nigra GMEL., VIEILL. Oaler. PL 107; 

 New Guinea. 



Oriolus L. (exclus. of many species), TEMM., Cuv. Bill 

 moderate, subincurved, with culrnen keeled, emarginate towards 

 the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, surrounded by membrane. Tarsi 

 short, strong. Wings with first quill short, third and fourth 

 subequal, longest of all. Tail subeven, with outer coverts a little 

 shorter. 



Sp. Oriolus galbula L., BUFF, PL enl. 26, LESSON Ornith. PI. 38, fig. 2, 

 NAUMANN, Taf. 61 ; the golden oriole, le loriot, der Pirol; the male bright 

 yellow, with Triack wings and a black spot near the eyes ; the female and 

 the young bird greenish. This bird remains here (Holland) only a short 

 time (from May to August). It lays from three to five eggs in a nest 

 artistically built between branches of trees. Cherries are the favourite 

 food of this bird, which, however, lives principally on beetles and cater- 

 pillars. In some species (Oriolus melanocephalus L., BUFF. PL enl. 79, 

 Ori.olus brachyrhynchus SWAINS. &c.) the whole head is black, the plumage, 

 in other respects, very similar. All the species are from the Eastern 

 hemisphere. 



Analcipus SWAINS., Artamia GEOFFR., PsaropJwlus SELBY. Bill 

 scarcely arched. Wings with fourth and fifth quills subequal, 

 longest of all. 



Sp. Oriolus Traylii VIGORS ; Himalaya ; red-brown with black wings. 

 Note. Some other sub-genera are here omitted. 



