SIFILETS. 



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In the Sifilets {Parotia) the beak is furnished with short 

 feathers for half its length, and is slender, compressed laterally. 



Fig. 214.— Tlae Superb [Paradisea supcrba, Latham). 



notched and curved at the tip ; they have long, broad, and loose 

 plumes covering the sides and abdominal part. Of this group 

 the Gold-throated Sifilet of Buffon (Parotia sexsetacea, Latham), 



Fig. 215. — Golden-Uiroated Sifllet {Paradisea aurea, GmeliQ). 



Fig. 215, is a fine example. It obtains its name from the three 

 thread-like feathers on each side of the head expanding into a 



