SIFILETS. 



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In the Sifilets (Parotid) the beak is furnished with short 

 feathers for half its length, and is slender, compressed laterally, 



Fig. 214. The Superb (Paradisea sitperba, Latham). 



notched and curved at the tip ; they have long, broad, and loose 

 plumes covering the sides and abdominal part. Of this group 

 the Gold-throated Sifilet of Buffon (Parotid sexsetacca, Latham), 



Fig. 215. Golden-throated Sifilet (Paradisea aurea, Gmelin). 



Fig. 215, is a fine example. It obtains its name from the three 

 thread-like feathers on each side of the head expanding into u 



