INTRODUCTION. 



1837. — Swainson, ' Classification of Birds.' 



A definition of the g enus Ptilonovhynchus is given, with woodcuts of the head and portion of the wing. 



1837. — Gould, ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.' 

 Sericulus melinus is here redescribed as S. magnirostris, 



1837. — Gould, ' Birds of Australia.' 



In this magnificent work are figured the species of this family inhabiting Australia known up to the time it was 

 completed. They are: — Ptilonovhynchus holosericeus and JElurcedus Smithii, which are P. violaceus and A. crassirostris ; 

 Chlamydodera nuchalis ; C. maculata ; Sericulus melinus ; and Craspedophora magnified, which is the Ptiloris Alberti, 



1841. — Eydoux et Souleyet, ' Voyage autour du monde sur la corvette La Bonite.' 

 Paradigalla carunculata first described as Astrapia carunculata. Species 23. 



1845. — G. R. Gray, ' Genera of Birds.' 



In this work the author has placed the Paradiseidas, as so considered in this monograph, among various 

 families. Paradiseus, the only genus of Paradiseidse, is made to contain seven species — apoda, papuana, rubra, 

 speciosa, regia, atra, and sexpennis, all good. Ptilonorhynchus, Chlamydera (lege Chlamydodera), and Astrapia are 

 placed among the Sturnidae. The first contains P. holosericeus and P. Smithii, which are P. violaceus and JElurcedus 

 crassirostris respectively ; the second has C. nuchalis and C. maculata ; while the third has the two known 

 species A. nigra and A. carunculata. Nothing new regarding any of the species is mentioned ; the synonymy 

 given is very correct, except that the species obtained by Hombron and Jacquinot is the Chlamydodera nuchalis 

 (and not C. maculata, to which it is referred), and the Sturnoides gigas of the same authors is more probably a 

 Calornis, in which genus Mr. Gray has placed it in his ' Hand-list of Birds,' lately published. The genus Phonygama 

 is placed among the Corvidse, and contains viridis, Keraudreni, and ater. These are now included in Boddaert's 

 genus Manucodia. 



1849. — Bonaparte, ' Comptes Rendus.' 



Biphyllodes respublica first described under the genus Lophorina. Species 24. 



1849. — Gould, ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.' 

 Ptiloris victoria} is here first described. Species 25. 



1850. — Bonaparte, ' Conspectus Generum Avium.' 



The Birds of Paradise are included by this author in the families Epimachidae, Paradiseidse, Sturnidae, and 

 Garrulidae. All the species known at the time of the publication of this useful work are included, with short 

 descriptions added for many of the species. The genera, as they are now usually employed, are here placed in 

 regular order. 



1850. — Cabanis, ' Museum Heineanum.' 



A list of Paradise-birds comprised in the Collection of Ferdinand Heine. The species are all included in the 

 family Paradiseidse, divided into two subfamilies, Oriolinfe containing, among many others, the genera Sericulus, 

 Chlamydodera, and Ptilonorhynchus. The subfamily Paradiseinae comprises Paradisea, Cicinnurus, Ptiloris, Craspedo- 

 phora, Seleucides, and Epimachus. Twelve species are given as represented in the Collection. 



1850. — Gould, ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.' 

 Chlamydodera cerviniventris first described. Species 26. 



1850. — Cassin, 'Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.' 

 Biphyllodes respublica renamed as Paradisea wilsoni. 



