496 SIX'SHAFTED PARADISE-BIRD. 



of blaekish-green feathers of the richest metaUic 

 lustre, and projecting on each side from the rest of 

 the plumage. 



SIX-SHAFTED PARADISE-BIRD, 



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Paradises Sexspf^cea. P, nifferrima, occtjnfe pecforeque Diridi- 

 aurds, pennis lateralibus suhelongatis subdecompositisy capite 

 utrinque seiis tribus longissimis. 



Velvet-black Paradise-Bird, with th.e hin,dhead and breast 

 gold- green, the side- feathers lengthened and loose-webbed, 

 and the head furnished on each side with three very long 

 naked shafts. 



Paradisea sexsetacea. P. cristata atra, xiertice genis gulaque 

 Diolaceo-nigris, jugulq macula cervicis pectoreque mridi-niten- 

 tibiis, regione aurium utrinque pennis setaceis tribus longissimis. 

 Lath, ind. orn, 



Paradisea aurea, Lin. Gmel, 



L'Oiseau Paradis a gorge doree. Sonner. voy. pi. p7^g|^^^ 

 Le^Manucode a six filets. Buff, ois. 9ffKffllfllKff 



Le Sifilet de la Nouvelle Guinee. PI. Enl. 633, 

 Gold-Breasted Paradise-Bird. Lath. syn. 



This species is in some respects considerably 

 allied to the preceding. Its size is compared by 

 Buffon to that of a Turtle: its colour is deep black, 

 except the back part of the head and the whole of 

 the breast, both which are of a gold-green colour, 

 the latter in particular exhibiting a very brilliant 

 metallic lustre, and the throat is of a deep violet- 

 purple: the feathers on all these parts are scale- 

 shaped: above the base of the upper mandible 

 rises a tuft of short plumes with pale or whitish, 

 tips, a;id on each side the head, immediately be- 



