322 AVES. > + 
dul s- weer a 
Epimacuus, Cuv.(1)" \ 
The beak of the Upupa and Promerops alee with scaly or velvet 
feathers which partially cover the nostrils as in the Birds of Para- 
dise; they are natives of the same, countries, and their plumage 
equally brilliant. The flank-feathers of the hai also more or less 
elongated. 7 ay 
Upupa magna, Gm.; U. superba, Tait sh Pepinteque’ a pare. 
frisés, Enl. 6393 Vailk Dini 13.. Black; tail tapered, thrice the 
length of the body; the feathers on theflanks,,elongated, turned 
up; frizzled, the edges of a burnighey steel-blue, which also” 
glistens on the head and belly.(2) 
Naturalists have distinguished the square- se Pon 
of Swainson, such as, 
_Ep. albus; Paradis. tie liter Abb. 96; ‘Val  Ois. d de 
Par. pl: 16 and 17, and better Promer. 175,Vieill. 1. 13, and 
better Gal. 185, which, for a long time, was placed among the» 
Birds of Paradise, on account of the long bunches of white 
plumes, which decorate its flanks, the stems of these plumes. 
being continued out, forming six filaments onjeach, si % The 
‘body is usually of a violet black, and the feathers ; on the eo 
of the breast have an edging or border of emerald’ It 
appears, however, that there are varieties with an me 
body. The primaries of the wing are-short, and much less 
merous than in birds generally. * 
Epim. magnificus, Cuv.; Epimaque proméfil, Vaill, tins 16. 
Velvet-blacks tail, slightly forked; head and breast of a most i 
brilliant steel-blue; feathers on the ee long, frinert = 
black. 
Epim. regius, Less and Garn., Voy. de Duperr., pl. 283 Phi: 
loris paradisceus, Swains. A purple blacks top of the head and » ” 
‘upper part of the breast of a fine brilliant green; feathers on the © 
flanks, Popades and edged with green. 2h eee 
« 
The second fees smallest division of the Passeeues compre- 
‘hends those in which the external toe, which is nearly as long 
(1) Epimachus, the Greek name of a beautiful undetermined East Indian ae 
(2) I hardly know whether I should place the Promerar, Vaill., 8 ‘ant 9 
Promerup, Vaill., 11 and 12, and his Promerops.siffleur, 10, here, or near the | 
erythorhynchos. These beautiful birds of New Guinea, which are very rare in our 
collections, are usually deprived of their feet, which renders it inner 
them with certainty. *, 5. 
