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1826. — Shaw, ' General Zoology.' 



A list of the Birds of Paradise is given under various genera -—Astrapia nigra ; Parotia aurea, which is 

 P. sexpennis; Paradisea is made to contain apoda, minor, rubra (which is sanguined), nigricans (a synonym of 

 Heleucides alba), and magnified (now known as Biphyllodes speciosa) ; Lophorina includes superba (which is atra) and 

 aurantia (which is the Xanthomelus aureus of the present monograph) ; Cicinnurus contains its single species regius ; 

 and Epimachus, possessing two species— superbus (which is E. speciosus) and splendidus (which is Ptiloris magnificus). 



1826. — Lesson, ' Voyage de la Coq,uille.' 



Manucodia Keraudreni and Phonygama atra described. Species 20. 



1827. — Wagler, ' Systema Avium.' 



All the known species of those birds usually placed by the previous authors in the genus Paradiseus are 

 given, with descriptions and synonymy. Under the genus Ptilonorhynchus are given holosericeus, squamulosus, and 

 viridis. The second of these is the same as the first or Satin Bower-bird ; and the last is the Muraidus crassirostris. 



1827. — Vigors and Horsfield, ' Transactions of the Linnean Society." 

 Ptilonorhynchus violaceus is here renamed P. MacLeayii. 



1828-1831. — J. Wilson, ' Illustrations of Zoology.' 

 Ptiloris paradiseus is renamed Epimachus Brisbani. 



1829. — Cuvier, ' Regne Animal.' 



Falcinellus magnificus, Vieill., described as Epimachus magnificus. 



1831. — Lesson, ' Traite d'Ornithologie.' 



The various species of Birds of Paradise are here given, the Sericulus melinus of Australia being included 

 in the family ; and the Paradisea aurea of authors is placed in the same genus with the Regent bird. Four 

 genera previously instituted are here employed as subgenera, viz. Parotia, Lophorina, Manucodia, and Astrapia, 

 and one new one proposed, Magnificus. No new species are described. 



1832. J. E. Gray, ' Illustrations of Indian Zoology.' 



Paradisea minor figured nearly size of life. 



1835. Lesson, ' Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaun de Paradis, et des Epimagiues.' 



This work contains those species regarded by the author as composing the family Paradiseidee. Fourteen 

 species in all are given, illustrated by forty plates. The species of the genera Manucodia, Chlamydodera, JElurcedus, 

 and Ptilonorhynchus are excluded, while Sericulus is retained and is made to include the well-known Regent bird 

 as S. regens, and also the Golden Bird of Paradise as S. aurantiaca. Cicinnurus regius appears as C. spinturnix ; 

 and other changes are made in the various species, as though the author paid little regard to the law of priority, 

 or to the names bestowed by authors previous to himself. A rather full list of synonyms is given at the 

 commencement of the work, and a detailed account of certain of the East-Indian islands ; but little is added 

 to our knowledge of the birds of this family, beyond that which had already been published in the author's 

 previous writings and in those of his contemporaries. Great care has evidently been taken with the work ; and 

 it has up to the present day been quoted as one of the chief authorities on the Paradiseidaj, the author's voyage 

 to New Guinea having given him favourable opportunities for observing some of the species in their native woods, 

 and for obtaining skins of others more rare. No new species are described. 



1835. — Temminck, ' Planches Coloriees.' 



JElurcedus buccoides first described Species 21. 



1836.— Gould, ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society.' 



Chlamydodera maculata described as Calodera maculata. Species 22. 



