CORVIDiE. 



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apicem laciniatum, incur- 

 vatum. 

 Cauda longissima, valde cu- 

 neiforma; 



niated towards the tip, in- 

 curved. 

 Tail very long, greatly 

 wedged. 



Sp. 1. As. nigra. 



Paradisea nigra, S/iatv, v. vii. p. 488. — New Guinea. 



GENUS CLXXXV.— PAROTIA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum gracile, basi ad 

 medio plumis brevibus to- 

 mentosis tectum, lateratim 

 compressum, curvatum, 

 apice suberaarginatum, in- 

 cur vum, 



Pennoe hypochondriorum, in 

 masculis longiores, latas, 

 decompositae. 



Beah slender, from the base 

 to the middle clothed with 

 short downy feathers, late- 

 rally compressed, curved, 

 its tip slightly notched, in- 

 curved. 



Hypochondrial feathers, in 

 the males lengthened, 

 broad, decomposed. 



Sp. 1. Pa. aurea. 



Paradisea sexsetacaea, Shaw, v. vii. j). 496. pi. &&. — New 

 Guinea. 



GENUS CLXXXVL— PARADISEA Auctorum. 

 PARADISE-BIRD. 



Rostrum robustum, supra 

 convexum, basi plumis to- 

 mentosis tectum, rectum, 

 lateratim compressum, ver- 

 sus apicem laciniatum. 



Pennoe hypochondriorum, in 

 masculis, longissimae, flexi- 

 les, decompositae. 



Beak robust, convex above, 

 clothed at the base with 

 downy feathers, straight, 

 compressed laterally, la- 

 ciniated towards the tip. 



Hypochondrial feathers, in 

 the males, very long, 

 flexible, decomposed. 



