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Genus XVI. PARADISE BIRD. 



N° 9. White-winged P. B. 



WHITe'.'wiNG- T ENGTH twenty-five inches or more. Bill one inch long, 

 ED P. B. almoft ftrait, black ; the feathers on the chin nearly reach the 



end of the bill : the general colour of the plumage black : the 

 '^ back part of the neck glofTed with copper : quills white, with the 



outer edges black : the tail confifts of ten feathers ; the two 

 middle ones nineteen or twenty inches long ; the fecond, fixteen 

 inches; the third, twelve inches ; the fourth, nine; and the outer 

 ones only feven. The wings, when clofed, reach about three 

 inches on the tail, 



I met with the above in the colleftion of the lateiVlr. Bcddam^ 

 of Bulls -Crofs. I am in doubt whether the plumage had any va- 

 riable luftre, as is the cafe in fome others of the genus; for as the 

 bird was unluckily fixed in an obfcure corner of the roomj, thi& 

 circumftance could not be determinedo. 



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