XX 



NEW GUINEA AND ITS INHABITANTS 



42'/ 



figured and described in my Malay Archijyelago (p. 

 430). 



Much more remarkable, however, is another species 

 described and figured by Dr. Meyer from the same part 

 of the island. The general plumage of this bird is by no 

 means so brilliant as usual in the family. The upper 



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Fig. 63. — king charles' bird of paradise (Parotia Carohv). 



parts are velvety purple-black with olive green glosses , 

 the crown and lateral crests and the throat are purple- 

 black ; the breast is ochre-yellow ; and the black wing- 

 feathers are margined towards the base with rusty red. 

 But its most striking and altogether unique feature con- 

 sists of the two long curved appendages which spring from 

 the outer corner of each eye close to the tear-gland, 



