PARADISEINtE. 
the fig trees form the principal part of their subsistence ; and they occasionally feed on insects, of which, if large, they 
reject the legs, wings, and the lower parts of the abdomen. Their cry is loud and sonorous, and poured forth in a 
rapid succession of notes. The first four notes, says Mr. Lay, are very exactly intonated, very clear, and very sweet ; 
the last three are repeated in a kind of caw, a very high refinement of the voices of a daw or a crow, yet possessing a 
striking resemblance. 
1. r. apoda Linn. PI. enl. 254., Edwards's Birds, pi. 1 10., Vieill. 
Ois. dor. t. 1., Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 1, 2. — Paradisea major 
Shaw. 
2. P. papuana Bechst. Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 4, .5., Vieill. Ois. 
dor. t. 2., Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 2?. — Paradisea minor Forst. 
3. P. rubra Vieill. Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 3., Levaill. Ois. de Parad. 
t. 6. — Paradisea sanguinea Shaw. 
4. P. speciosa Bodd. PI. enl. 631., Sonn. Voy. t. 98. — Para- 
disea magnifica Scop. Lath. Gen. Syn.pl. ip., Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 4., 
Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 9, 10.; P. cirrhata Lath.; Diphyllodes 
seleucides Less. ; Type of Diphyllodes Less. 1835. 
5. P. regia Linn. PI. enl. 496., Edwards's Birds, pi. iii., Levaill. 
Ois. de Parad. t. 7., Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 5. — Cicinnurus spinturnix 
Less. ; Type of Cicinnurus Less. (181 6). 
6. P. atra Bodd. PI. enl. 632., Sonn. Voy. t. 96. — Paradisea 
superba Scop. Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 7., Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 14, 
15., Nat. Misc. pi. 1021. ; P. nigra Forst. ; P. furcata Lath.; Type 
of Lophorina Vieill. (181 6). 
7. P. scxpennis Bodd. Pi. enl. 633., Sonn. Voy. t. 97. — Para- 
disea penicillata Scop. ; P. aurea Gmel. ; P. sexsetacea Lath. Vieill. 
Ois. dor. t. 6., Levaill. Ois. de Parad. 1. 12, 13., Gal.des Ois. t. 97. ; 
Type of Parotia Vieill. (181 6). 
July, 1847. 
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