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1860. — Semioptera, G. It. Gray, Proceedings of the Zoological Society . . . Type Semioptera Wallacii. 



1866. — Schlegelia, Bernstein, Nederlandsch Tijdschriffc voor de Dierkunde . . Type Diphyllodes respublica. 



1872. — Amblyornis, Elliot, Ibis . . . . . . . . . . Type Amblyornis inornata. 



1873. — Drepanornis, Sclater, Proceedings of the Zoological Society . . . Type Brepanornis Albertisi. 



I here review the species of the family, adding whatever information may have been received of any of them 

 since the articles accompanying the plates of the birds were published. 



REVIEW OF THE FAMILY. 



Family PARADISEIDtE. 

 Subfamily PARADISEINiE. 



Genus PARADISEA. 

 Paradisea, Linn. Syst. Nat. (1760) vol. i. p. 166. Type P. apoda. 



1. Paradisea apoda . . . . ... . . . . . . . . Plate II. 



2. Paradisea Raggiana ............. Plate III. 



3. Paradisea minor .............. Plate IV. 



4. Paradisea sanguinea . . . . . . . . . ', ... Plate V. 



Genus MANUCODIA. 

 Manucodia, Bodd. Tab. Plan. Enl. de Buffon (1783). Type M. chalybea. 



5. Manucodia chalybea . . . . . . . . . . ...... Plate VI. 



6. Manucodia atra Plate VII. 



7. Manucodia Keraudreni ............. Plate VIII. 



Genus ASTRAPIA. 

 Astrapia, Vieill. Analyse (1816), p. 36. Type A. nigra. 



8. Astrapia nigra . . . . . . . . . . • • . Plate IX. 



Genus PAROTIA. 

 Parotia, Vieill. Analyse (1816), p. 35. Type P. sexpennis. 



9. Parotia sexpennis ............. Plate X. 



M. d'Albertis, the latest traveller in New Guinea, writes as follows regarding this bird : — " Although this species 



has been known many years, it is not yet accurately understood, having only been described from birds in a 

 mutilated condition. My observations have been made in the natural haunts of these elegant birds, from numerous 

 specimens both living and dead. These birds are found in the north of New Guinea. I met with them about 

 thirty miles from the coast, at an elevation of 3600 feet above the level of the sea, near Mount Arfak. I have 



