a6 ANESSAYONINDIA^ 



I. L'oifeau de Paradis, is Valentyn's,y i. Paradi/ea major Am- 

 ma J and the Paradifea apoda Litrn^ 



II. Le Manucodey is Vakntyn's, 7. Avis regia; Paradifea regia 

 Linn. 



III. Magnificent. Latham Syn. li. 477, Index, 1. 195. 



Le Magnifique, ou Manucode a bouquets, may feem in fome 

 refpeifts referable to Vakntyn's Paradifea minor Papuana ; though 

 I confefs it much differs from it- 



IV". Superb. Latham Syn. ii. 479. Index, i. 196. 



Lc Superie, eu Manucode noir, as delineated in the Planches 

 Enlum. feems to be either a young bird» or a hen, or taken at 

 the moulting feafon j, for Vakntyn's 3. Paradifea nigra major, has 

 long fetaceous feathers in the tailj and the Hift. of Birds, as 

 well as Daubenton'i Le Superbe, are without them. What Gueneau 

 de Monbeillard obferves, however, is not to be overlooked j that 

 the Ipecimens in the royal Paris mufeum are ill kept, and have 

 loft thefe long feathers by accident.- 



V. GoLD-BREASTED» Latham Syn. ii, 481. Index, i. 196. 



Le Sifilet, ou Manucode a ftx filets. I can fcarcely help thinking 

 that this is Vakntyn's, 4. Paradifea nigra minor, which by chance 

 or defign had loft its long filaments near the ears. 



VI. Blue-green. Latham Syn. ii. 482. Index, i. 197- 

 Le Calyben feems to be an obfcure fpecies. 



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