CORVIDiE. 



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Pennce hypocliondriorum^ in 

 masculis, latae, elongatae, 

 truncatse. 



Hypochondrial feathers^ in 

 the males, broad, elon- 

 gated, truncated. 



Sp. 1, Ci. regius. 



Paradisea regia. Shaw, v. vii. p. 497. pi. 67. 



GENUS CLXXXIX.—EPIMACHUS, Cuvier. 



Rostrum capite longius, su- 

 pra convexum, lateratim 

 compressum, arcuatum, 

 acuminatum : mandihula 

 superior longissima. 



Nares pennis tomentosis ves- 

 titse. 



Penna hypocliondjiorum, in 

 masculis, elongatae. 



Cauda longissima. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 convex above, compassed 

 laterally, arcuated, acu- 

 minated : the upper man- 

 dible longest. 



Nosh'ils clothed with downy 

 feathers. 



Hypocliondrial feathers elon- 

 gated in the males. 



Tail very long. 



Sp. 1. Ep, superbus, 



Promerops superbus. Shavo, v. viii, ^. 145. — Female? — Pro- 

 merops striatus. Shaxjo, v. viii. p. 144. — Inhabits New Guinea. 



Sp. 2. Ep. splendidus. 



Ep. sericeo niger capite pectoreque chcdybeo nitentibus ; caudasub- 



Jurcatd. 

 Silky-black Epimachus with the head and breast shining steel ; 



the tail somewhat forked. 

 L'Epimaque Promefil. Cuv. Reg. Anim. v. i. p. 408. — Tufted 

 Promerops. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. \v. p. 112. pi. Ixvii *. 



Of a fine velvet-black, with a moderate and slightly 

 forked tail ; the head and breast glossed of a fine 

 steel; the feathers of the flanks elongated, slender and 

 black. 



