cn. XXXVI 11.] 



THE SUPERB, 



It is about the same size as Diphyllodea speciosa, and is 

 no doubt entirely coBKtied tii the islaud of Waigioii. The 

 female, as figured and described by Dr, Bernstein, is very 

 like that of Ciciununis rugius, being similarly banded 

 beneath ; aud wt? may therefore oouclude that its near 

 ally, the " Magnificent/' is at least equally plain in this 

 sex, of which specimens have not yet been obtained. 



The Superb Bird of Panuliae was first figured by 

 Buftbii, and was named by Boddaert, Piiradisea atra, from 



Tax PdrpUt^B amti or fAhA&iML (Lujilinrfnd aim.) 



the blaxik ground colour of its plumage. It forms the 

 genus Lophoriua of Viellot, and is one of the rai-est and 

 most brilliant of the whole group, being only known from 

 mutilated native skins. This bird is a little larger than 

 the Magnificent. The ground colour of the plumage is 

 intense black, but with beautiful bronze reflections on the 

 neck, and the whole head scaled with feathers of brilliant 

 metallic green and blue. Over its breast it bears a shield 

 formed of narrow and rather stiff feathers, mueli elongated 

 towards the sides, of a pure blnish-green colour, and with 

 a satiny gloss. But a still more extraordinary oniament 

 is that which springs from the back of the neck, — a shield 

 of a similar form to that on the breast, but much larger, 



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