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10.— HACKLED PARADISE BIRD— Pl. xlvi. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill one inch and a quarter long, a 

 trifle bent, and dusky, the base surrounded with velvet-like black 

 feathers, covering - the nostrils ; top of the head, even with the eye, 

 and to the beginning of the back, deep green, varying to bright 

 green in some lights ; the feathers of a plush-like texture ; those on 

 the hind part of the neck are long, pointed, and like hackles, but on 

 the chin and throat they are similar to those on the crown, and both 

 appear, in some lights, to be scaly, either indigo or green, and glossy, 

 like metal ; on each side of the neck is a stripe of blue, dividing the 

 green above and below, and coming forwards to the breast, where 

 it occupies a broad space ; on the middle of the crown arise four 

 bristles, near two inches long, tending backwards ; upper part of 

 the back, and wings, greenish black, in some lights appearing quite 

 black; from the breast to the vent deep, dull ash-colour; tail even 

 at the end, and three inches in length, the two middle feathers dull 

 green, pointed at the tips; the others dusky within, and green on 

 the outer webs, and all of them curve a little outwards; legs scaly ; 

 claws black, and hooked, though not very stout. 



Native place uncertain ; in the collection of General Davies. 



11— EMERALD-BREASTED PARADISE BIRD. 



LENGTH seven inches, from the tip of the bill to the end of the 

 tail. Bill one inch and a half long; rather stout; plumage m 

 general, on the upper parts, purplish black ; throat and breast blue 

 green, with a polished metallic splendour, as in the emerald, but 

 not varying in different positions of light ; at the bottom of this 

 brilliant part is a bar of black, from thence to the vent deep brown 



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