186 PARADISE BIRD. 



any known Species, though perhaps it may come nearest to the lesser 

 sort ; the length to the end of the tail thirteen inches. Bill one inch 

 long, at the base half an inch broad, colour brown; forehead not 

 covered with black velvety feathers ; the whole plumage on the upper 

 parts (which alone appear in the drawing) of a fine glowing orange 

 yellow; some of the greater quills remain attached, and are fine 

 light brown ; second quills the same, fringed at the tips with yellow; 

 in others nearly the whole of the inner webs are of the last colour, 

 except at the tips ; tail three inches and a half long, even at the end, 

 colour light brown ; the quills reach to the base of the tail ; the rest 

 of the bird is wanting. 



It differs from the Smaller Paradise Bird, as the bill is one-third 

 shorter, and considerably broader at the base ; the quills tipped with 

 yellow ; also, the plumage on the upper parts is fine orange yellow ; 

 perhaps the chin and throat may be velvety, as some edges of dark 

 coloured feathers appear on each side of the jaw, in the drawing, 

 for about an inch and a half from the bill. 



In the same drawing is a single feather, four inches long, probably 

 one of the side feathers of the tail ; the inner web, from the base, 

 half way, yellow ; this colour then diverges from the shaft to the end, 

 so that the inner web appears brown and yellow, obliquely divided ; 

 the outer wholly brown, except just at the base, where the feather is 

 entirely yellow. 



4— RED PARADISE BIRD. 



Paradis rouge, Ois. de Paradis p. 14. pi. 3. 

 Paiadisea sanguinea, Shaw's Zool. vii. 487. t. 59. 



LENGTH nine inches, but to the end of the axillary feathers 

 twelve or thirteen. Bill horn-colour ; forehead and chin velvety 

 black ; the feathers on the forehead longer than the rest, forming a 



