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SANGUINE PARADISE-BIRD. 



Paradisea sanguinea. P. cinnamomea, occipite dorsoque luteis, 

 fronte aureo-viridi, pennis lateralibus longis fiuitantibus san- 

 guineis. 



Cinnamon-coloured Paradise-Bird, with luteous hind-head and 

 back, gold-green ftont, and long floating sangiiine-red side- 

 feathers. 



Le Paradis rouge. Viellot. ois. de j)aradis, pi. 3. 



This, which seems to have been first described 

 as a distinct species in the magnificent work of 

 Monsr. Viellot, is said to be extremely rare, and 

 as yet but little known. Its length, from the tip 

 of the bill to that of the tail, is nearly nine inches, 

 French measure, and from the tip of the bill to 

 the end of the long flowing side-feathers, from 

 twelve to thirteen inches : the general colour of 

 the bird is precisely similar to that of the Paradisea 

 minor, except that the breast and abdomen are of 

 a dark or blackish brown, while the flowing feathers 

 on the sides, instead of being either yellow or 

 whitish, as in the Greater and Smaller Paradise- 

 Birds, are of a deep sanguine red, while the two 

 naked shafts springing from the rump are far 

 broader than in either of the former birds, per- 

 fectly destitute of any appearance of web or fibres 

 on the edges, and of a singular form, being strongly 

 convex on the upper part, and hollowed in a cor- 

 responding manner beneath throughout their whole 

 length: they are of a polished black colour, and 

 very sharp-pointed : the green feathers on the head 



