188 PARADISE BIRD. 



5 —KING PARADISE BIRD. 



Paradisea regia, Ind. Orn. i. 194. Lin. i. 166. Gm. Zen. i. 400. Mus. Ad. Fr.'u p. 15. 



Borowsk. Nat. ii. 120. 1. 13. Shaw's Zool. vii. 497. pi. 67. Spalowsck. Vog. ii, t. 



19 and 20. 

 Manucodiata minor, Bris. ii. 136. t. 13. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 195. 

 Rex Avium Paradisearum, Rati p. 22. 10. JF«//. p. 61. Klein, p. 64. 7. Seba.'i. 63. t. 



38. 5. Pefiu. Gar. t. 53. 2. Gerin. i. t. 66. Zoo/. Ind. p. 36. .Rootrf /c. pi. 19. 



Johnst. Av. pi. 55. f. 6. 

 Le Manucode, Buf.Wi. 103. PI. enl. 496. Ok rfe Paradis p. 16. pi. v. 

 Roi des Oiseaux de Paradis, Son. Voy. 156. t. 95. 

 Der Kiinigs Paradies vogel, Sehmid Vog. p. 54. t. 42. 

 King of the Greater Birds of Paradise, Will. Engl. 96. pi. 77. Edw. pi. 111. Forr. 



Voy. 141. Bor.u. t. 75. 

 King Paradise Bird, Gen. Syn. ii. 475. Ind. Zool. 4to. p. 24. Will. Engl. 92. §. vi. 



SIZE of a Lark ; length seven inches. Bill one inch long, 

 yellowish, and very little bent; the upper mandible covered half way 

 with orange-coloured feathers; the eyes surrounded with black ones; 

 at the internal angle of the eye a spot of black ; irides yellow ; head, 

 neck, back, tail, and wings purplish chestnut; the crown brighter, 

 with a yellowish tinge, and the breast approaching to blood red ; all 

 have a rich satin-like gloss ; most part of the head is covered with 

 soft short feathers, like velvet, but the other parts are like common 

 feathers ; on the breast is a broad bar of green, having a polished 

 lustre;* belly white; from each side, beneath the wings, spring 

 several greyish-white feathers, tipped with lucid green ; the tail is 

 little more than an inch long, and the wings, when closed, reach 

 beyond it; from the base of the middle tail feathers arise two other 

 long ones, which are webbed at their origin ; the rest of the length 

 for about six inches, quite naked to the ends, where they are again 

 webbed on one side, and coil in a spiral manner ; the webs of a green 

 colour, and very glossy ; the legs are stout, and of a dusky colour. 



* In some specimens there is a narrow bar of yellow above the green one, and the belly 

 is green and white mixed. 



