480 GREAT PARADISE-BIRD. 



of the annual revolution of the sun, and the con- 

 version of the Great Year. The inhabitants of the 

 Island of Ternate call them Alanu-co-Dewata^ or 

 Birds of God. The French, English, and Germans 

 have adopted the name of Birds of Paradise. From 

 the Indian name MaiiU'CO-Dewata the Count de 

 BufFon has coined the modern French name of 

 Manucode, 



GREAT PARADISE-BIRD. 



Paradisea major. P. hipedalis cinnamomea, vertice luteo, gula 

 aureO'Viridij pennis lateralibus longissimis Jiuitantibus Jlavis. 



Cinnamon-coloured Paradise-Bird, measuring about two feet 

 in length, with luteous crown, gold-green throat, and ex- 

 tremely long floating yellow side-feathers. 



Paradisea apoda. P. pennis hypochondriis corporc longioribus, 

 rectricibus dudbus intermediis longis setaceis, Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Paradisea avis. Clus. exot. 360. 



Avis Paradisiaca Arbesica maxima. Seb. 1. 1. 43. f. 1.2. 

 L'Oiseau de paradis. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 254. 

 Greater Bird of Paradise. Edwards, pi. 110. 

 Greater Paradise-Bird. Lath, syn, 

 L'Emeraude. Viellot. ois, de paradis. pi. 1. 



The general length of this most elegant bird, 

 from the tip of the bill to the end of the long 

 hypochondria! or side-feathers, is about two feet, 

 but from the point of the bill to the end of the 

 real tail about twelve inches, the size of the bird 

 being that of a Thrush. The bill is moderately 

 strong, very slightly bent, sharp-pointed, and of a 

 greenish colour; in some specimens yellowish: 



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