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ELEMENTS OF OBNlTHOLOffT. 



are the renowned Birds of Paradise, of which the largest known 

 form, Paradisea apoda, may be taken as the representative. 



Of these wonderfully ornamented Birds, there are fully forty- 

 four species ; but they are nevertheless exceedingly restricted 

 in range, none being found in any part of the world but the 

 Moluccas and New Guinea, save one or two in Australia. 



Fig. 93. 



The Yellow-throated Manakin (Pipra aureola). 



There is a Bird the curious tail of which reminds us a httle 

 of Birds of Paradise, in spite of its dull colour. This is the 

 Lyre-bird (Menura superha), so-called from the peculiar dispo- 

 sition and form of its tail-feathers (fig. 92). It and two alhed 

 species are peculiar to Australia. 



A group of small birds of brilliant plumage, and entirely 



