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f!freptocifta (2 sp.), Celebes; Cliaritornis (1 sp.), Sula Islands ; 

 C irnis (55 sp.), universally distributed except South America 

 a"id New Zealand, but found in Guatemala and the Antilles 

 to Porto Eico ; reaches the extreme north of Europe and Asia; 

 Gi/mnocorvus (2 sp.), Papuan Islands ; Pieathartes (1 sp.), West 

 Africa; Corvultur (2 sp.). Tropical and South Africa. 



Sub-family V. Fregilinffi (Choui^hs). — Fregilus (3 sp.), moun- 

 tains and cliffs of Paliiearctic region from West Europe to the 

 Himalayas and North China, Abyssinia (Plate I., Vol. I., p. 

 195) ; Corcorax (1 sp.), Australia. 



Family 21.— PAPADISEID.E. (19 Genera, 34 Species.) 

 General Distribution. 



NrOTfiOPICAL 

 SCB-KEOIONS. 



Nearotic 

 s ltb-begions. 



Pal.earctic 

 sub-kegionh. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 sub-reoions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



1 .2 



The Paradiseidie, or " Birds of Paradise," form one of the most 

 remarkable families of birds, unsurpassed alike, for the singularity 

 and the beauty of their plumage. Till recently the family was re- 

 stricted to about eight species of the more typical Paradise birds, 

 but in his splendid monograph of the group, IMr. Elliot has 

 combined together a number of allied forms which liad been 

 doubtfully placed in several adjacent familie". The various 

 species of true Paradise birds, having ornamental plumes deve- 

 loped from different parts of the l)ody, are almost wholly confined 

 to New Guinea and tlie adjacent Papuan Islands, one species 

 only being found in the ]\Ioluccas and one in North Australia ; 

 while the less typical Bower-birds, having no such developments 

 of plumage, are most characteristic of the noiih and east of 

 Australia, with a few species in New Guinea. The distribution 

 of the genera according to Air. Elliot's monograph is as follows : — 



Sub-family I. Paradiseimie. — Paradisea (4 sp.), Papuan Is- 

 lands ; Manucodia (3 sp.), Papuan Islands and North Australia; 

 Adrapia (1 sp.), New Guinea; Parotia (1 sp.). New Guinea; 

 Lopliorhinn (1 sp.), New Guinea ; Dij)hylIode<< (3 sp.), Pajiuan 



