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VarJ 



SMALLER PARAPISE-BIRD. 



Paradisea minor. P. sesquipedalis cinnamomea, vertice dorsoquc 

 luteis, gula aureo-mridi, pennis lateralibus longissimis Jluitanti- 

 bus Jiavis. 



Cinnamon-coloured Paradise-Bird^ measuring about eighteen 

 inches in length, with luteous crown and back, gold-green 

 throat, and extremely long floating yellow side-feathers. 



Lesser Paradise-Bird of Papua. Penn. ind. zool. edit. 2. p. 20. 



Lesser Paradise-Bird. Lath, syn, 



Paradisea apoda. jS. Lath, ind, orn, 



Le petit Emeraude. Viellot. ois. de paradis. pi. 2. 



In almost every respect except in size this 

 species, or variety, as it has sometimes been called, 

 perfectly resembles the preceding; but the gold- 

 colour of the head, instead of terminating abruptly 

 at the upper part of the neck, is continued over 

 the upper part of the back and the smaller wing- 

 coverts: the green throat-feathers and all the rest 

 of the plumage are the same. The size of the 

 bird is nearly a third smaller than that of the 

 preceding; generally measuring from eighteen to 

 twenty or twenty-one inches in total length. 



