OH, xjcxviil] TBE magnificent. 55^) 



active both on itj wings and feet, and raakes a whirring 

 sound while fli^ng, something like the South American 

 manakins. It often thitters its wings and displays the 

 beautiful fan which adorns ita breast, while the star- 

 bearing tail wires diverge in an elegant double curve. U 

 is tolerably plentiful in the Aru Islands, which led to ita 

 being brought to Europe at an early period along with 

 Paradisea apoda. It alao occurs in t)ie island of Alysol, 

 and in every part of New Guinea whieh haa been visited 

 by naturalists. 



We now come to the remarkable little bird called the 

 " Magnificent,'* fijst figared by Buffon, and named Pam- 



TBE >iAoyirirE»iT ship or r^RiDiaE {DiyKyllsidu %perio*x~ } 



disea speciosa by Boddaer^ -which, with one allied species, 

 has been formed into a separate genus by Prince Buooa- 

 paite, under the name of Diphyllodes, from tlie curious 

 double mantle which clothes the back. 



The head is covered with short brown velvety feathers, 

 which advance on the back so as to cover the nostrils. 

 From the nape springs a dense mass of feathers of a straw- 

 yellow colour, and about one and a half inches long, form- 

 ing a mantle over the upper part of the back. Beneath 



