420 THE BIRDS OF PARADISE. [ch. xxxviii. 



12. Ptiloris maf;nifica (The Scale-breasted Paradise Bird). New Guinea. 



13. Ptiloris alberti (Priuce Albert's Paradise Bird). North Australia. 



14. Ptiloris paradisea (The Rifle Bird). East Australia. 



15. Ptiloris victorife (The Victorian Eifle Bird). North-East Australia. 



16. Astrapia nigra (The Paradise Pie). New Guinea. 



17. Paradigalla carunculata (The Carunculated Paradise Pie). New 

 Guinea. 



18. (?) Sericulus aureus (The Paradise Oriole). New Guinea, Salwatty. 



We see, therefore, that of the eighteen species which 

 seem to deserve a place among the Birds of Paradise, 

 eleven are known to inhabit the great island of New 

 Guinea, eight of which are entirely confined to it and the 

 hardly separated island of Salwatty. But if we consider 

 those islands which are now united to New Guinea by a 

 shallow sea to really form a part of it, we shall find that 

 fourteen of the Paradise Birds belong to that country, 

 while three inhabit the northern and eastern parts of 

 Australia, and one the Moluccas. All the more extra- 

 ordinary and magnificent species are, however, entirely 

 confined to the Papuan region. 



Although I devoted so much time to a search after 

 these wonderful birds, I only succeeded myself in obtain- 

 ing five species during a residence of many months in the 

 Aru Islands, New Guinea, and Waigiou. Mr. Allen's 

 voyage to Mysol did not procure a single additional 

 species, but we both heard of a place called Sorong, on 

 the mainland of New Guinea, near Salwatty, where we 



