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THE GREATER PARADISE-BIRD. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill furrounded at the bafe by velvet-like feathers. 



Hypochonarial feathers long and loofe. 



Two naked fliafts proceeding from the rump. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Ferruginous Paradife-bird, with extremely long hypochondria] feathers, 



Oifeau de Paradis. 



Buffon. pi. enl. 254. 

 Greater Bird of Paradife. 



Albin. 3. /. 9. 



Edwards^ t. no. 



IT is from the fuperior beauty by which mofb of the birds of this curious 

 genus are diftinguiflied that they have obtained the title of Paradife-birds : 

 the chief or principal fpecies, here exhibited, has long been known to the 

 naturalifts of Europe, and tho' lefs fplendid in its colours than fome others of 

 its genus, is perhaps fuperior to them all in point of elegance. 



This bird is about the fize of a thrufli ; and its prevailing colour Is a 

 beautiful bright ferruginous j the lower parts of the body being deeper or in- 

 clining more to purple than the upper. The front, all round the beak, is 

 ornamented by golden-green velvet-like feathers, forming a fort of mafli j and 

 the fore part of the neck is of the fame appearance. The head is yellowifli. 

 The lower parts of the fides are decorated with long tufts of hanging feathers, 



generally 



