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CORVID^. 



Manucodiata, Brisson. 



Sp. 1, Pa. apoda. Linne. 



Paradisea major. Shaw, v. \n. p. 480. jd. 58. 

 Sp. 2. Pa. minor. Shaw, v. vii. p. 486. 

 Sp. 3. Pa. rubra. Cuvier? 



Paradisea sanguinea. Shaw, v. viii. ^3. 4S7. pL t 

 Sp. 4. Pa. nigricans. Shaw, v. vii. p. 4S9. pi. 60. 

 Sp. 5. Pa. magnifica. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 492. pi. 62. 



GENUS CLXXXVII.— LOPHORINA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum ad medio plumis 

 elongatis tectum, valde la- 

 teratim compressum, supra 

 angustum, gracile, rectum, 

 apice subemarginatum, in- 

 curvum. 



Pennce colli, in masculis, lon- 

 giores, alulae assimulantes. 



Beak clothed with elongate 

 feathers to the middle, 

 much compressed late- 

 rally, narrow above, slen- 

 der, straight, its tip slightly 

 notched, incurved. 



Feathers of the neck, in the 

 males, lengthened, and re- 

 sembling wings. 



Sp. 1. Lo. superba. 



Paradisea superba. Shaw, v. vii. p. 494. /;/. 63, — New Guinea. 

 Sp. 2. Lo. aurantia. 



Paradisea aurantia. Shaw, v. vii. p. 499.pl. 68. 



GENUS CLXXXVIII.— CICINNURUS. Vieillot. 



Beak clotlied at the base 



Rostrum basi plumis brevi- 

 bus antrorsum spectanti- 

 bus tectum, gracile, supra 

 convexum, lateratim sub- 

 compressum, versus api- 

 cem tenuius laciniatum, 

 arcuatum. 



with short feathers point- 

 ing forwards, slender, con- 

 vex above, rather com- 

 pressed laterally, towards 

 the tip slightly jagged, 

 arcuated. 



