ORANGE PAIIAPISE-BIRD, 499 



moderately stout and of a yellowish brown colour. 

 This species is called King-Bii^d by the Dutch, 

 and is said not to associate with other birds of the 

 genus, but to be of a solitary nature, feeding oi^ 

 berries, particularly such as are of a red colour j 

 seldom, if ever, settling on lofty trees, but fre- 

 quenting shrubs and bushes. It is a much rarer 

 species than the Great Paradise-Bird, and is said 

 to breed in Papua, and to migrate thence into 

 the small isle of Arua or Aroo during the dry 

 monsoons. 



ORANOE PARADISE-BIRD. 



Paradisea aurantia. P. aumntio-flam, vertice subcnstat% 

 capistro gula remigibus exterioribus caudaqite nigris. 



Orange-yellow Paradise-Bird, with slightly crested head, and 

 black frontlet, throat, outside of the wings, and tail. 



Oriolus aureus. 0. Jiavo-fulvus, capistro gula tectncihus pri^ 

 mariis extremitafeque rectricum nigris. Lin» Si/sf, Nat, 



Golden Bird of Paradise. Edwards, pi. 112* 



Paradisea aurea. Lath. ind. orn. 



Golden Paradise-Bird. Lath. syn. 



Rollier de Paradis, 5//^. ois. 



Le' Paradis orange. Viellot. ois. de Parad.pl. 11. 12. 



This very beautiful bird departs, in some degree, 

 from the general habit or character of the Birds of 

 Paradise, and has by LinucBus and some others 

 been considered as a species of Oriolus. It seems 

 to have been first described by Edwards. Its gene- 

 ral length, from the tip of the bill to that of the tail, 

 is from eight to nine inches, and its colour, except 

 pn the tliroat, the edges of the wings, and the tail^ 



