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lodes speciosa), where we find no well developed breast plumes, 

 but two rich mantles that spring from the dorsum, one from 

 the nape and the other just back of it; these are the marked 

 feature in the bird. The tail has two elongated middle 

 featliers. 



In Wilson's Bird (D. wilsoni) there are breast plumes, but 

 the most highly developed feathers spring from the back, be- 

 tween the wings. There are also tail ornaments. 



The Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina atra) is one of the 

 most beautiful birds of this wonderful group. Although it has 

 the breast-shield, a still more extraordinaiy ornament springs 

 from the back of the neck — a shield of similar form to that on 

 the breast, but much larger (Malay Archipelago, p. 564). 



The Six-shafted Bird of Paradise (Parotia sexpeunis) has 

 immense tufts of soft feathers on each side of the breast. From 

 the side of the head spring six wonderful feathers, reaching 

 nearly as far back as the end of the tail, which, in this species, 

 is not elongated. 



TJie Standard Wing (Semioptera wallacei) has, besides the 

 metallic-green gorget from the breast, an altogether unique or- 

 nament in the form of four long white plumes, which spring 

 from the carpus of the wnig, a place where there is vevy little 

 muscular development. It has no tail modification. 



In the Long-billed Birds of Paradise, one, the Twelve-wired 

 Paradise Bird (Seleucides alba) has its wonderful plumes from 

 the sides of the breast; while another, the Long-tailed (Epima- 

 chus magnus) has, besides its chief ornament, that from the 

 breast, " a magnificent tail, more than two feet long, glossed on 

 the upper surface with the most intense opalescent blue " (Ma" 

 lay Archipelago, p. 569). 



The Scale-breasted Paradise Bird (Epimachus magnificus) 

 iias breast plumes and also two broad middle tail-feathers. 



The Prince Albert's Bird (Ptiloris alberti) has well devel- 

 oped plumes from the under side of the body. 



The Paradise Pie (Astrapia nigra) has a very long tail, but 

 its chief ornament is from the back part of the head and neck. 

 All the plumage around the head is lengthened and erectile. 



