ORDER PASSERES. 38S 



Promerar. Vaill. 8 and 9. 



Lustrous-black above, with a cast of sombre-green ; 

 beneath, brownish black. Africa. 



Promerupe. Vaill. 11 and 12. 

 Wings and tail, bay-red ; tuft, black. East-Indies. 



Prom. Siffleur. Y&xW. 10. 



Above, clear brown, shaded with olive ; white below. 

 Africa. 



These beautiful birds of New Guinea, rare in the 

 cabinets, are there often found deprived of their legs, 

 which prevents the possibility of determining their 

 place. 



Ep. Albus. ParadiscBa 

 Alba. Blumenb. Abb. 96. Vaill. Ois de Par. 

 pi. 16. and I7. and better Praner. 17. Vieil. 

 pi. 13. and better Gal. 185. 



Placed for a long time with the birds of Paradise, on 

 account of its long fascet of white feathers on the 

 flanks, the elongated plumes of which have six 

 threads on every side. Its body is commonly of 

 a violet-black, with a border of emerald-green to the 

 feathers on the lower part of the breast ; but there 

 appears to exist some varieties altogether white. The 

 primary quills of the wings are short, and much less 

 in number than in other birds. 



