ORDER PASSERES. 191 



Superb Paradise Bird. (Par. Superba.) Sonnerat. 96. 

 Enl. 632. Vail. 14. Vieil. 7. Galer. 98. 



The feathers of the scapulars are nevertheless pro- 

 longed into a sort of mantlet, which can cover the 

 wings, and those of the breast, into a sort of coat of 

 arms, pendant, and furcated. All the plumage is 

 black, except the pectoral coat, which is of a brilliant 

 burnished-steel-green. 



Golden Paradise Bird, (Par. Aurea. Sh. Oriolus 

 aureus. Gm.) Edw. 112. Vail. 18. Vieil. 11. 



Has no extraordinary development of plumage, 

 and is only recognized by the velvet of the feathers 

 which cover the nostrils. The male is of a most lively 

 orange, the throat and primaries of the wings being 

 black. The female is brown, instead of orange, 

 M. Vieillot's genus, Lophorina. 



I refer to the black-birds, Paradisaea Gularis, 

 Lath., or Nigra, Gm. Vail. 20. 21. Vieil. 8. and 9., 

 and LeuAioptera, Lath, to the Cassicans. Par. Cha- 

 lyboea. Enl. QQS. Sonn. 97- VaU. 23. VieU. 10. 

 Cirrhata. Aldrov. is too much mutilated to be cha- 

 racterized ; and Furcata, Lath., appears to be an 

 imperfect individual of Superba. 



* M. Vieiilot distinguishes — 

 Oiseau de Paradis 7ioir. Valentyii. 

 Paradisea Alba. Lath. 

 Paradisea MiTior Papuana. Lath. 



