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WHITE PAllADISE-BIRD. 



l*aradisea alba. P. tota alba. Lath, ind. orn. 

 Paradise-Bird entirely white. 



This seems to be known only from the slight 

 description of Valentyn, who says it is entirely 

 white^ and is the rarest of all the Paradise-Birds. 



G0r6eT PARAt)ISE-BlRD. 



^ Paradisea gularis. P. nigra purpnreo-nitens, suhtus dorsoque 

 aureo-atro-virentibus, gula aureo-cuprea, cauda cuneata Ion*' 

 gissima. 



Black Paradise-Bird, glossed with purple, the back and under 

 parts blackish gold-green, the throat golden copper-coloured, 

 and the tail extremely long and cuneated. 

 Paradisea gularis. P. purpureo-nigricans, capistro genisque 

 tomentosisj cervice fasciaque pectorali 'viridi'?iitentibus, sub guld 

 lunula cupreo-aurea fulgidissima. Lath, ind* orn. 

 ' Crorget Paradise-Bird. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Le hausse-col dor6. Viellot, ois. parad, 

 Ij'incomparable; Sonnini ois, parad. 



Size of a Blackbird, hnt of a vast length, the 

 tail, which is very strongly cuneated, measuring 

 near twenty-two inches, the rest of the bird, from 

 the tip of the bill to the insertion of the tail, about 

 six inches : the bill is about an inch long, mode- 

 rately stout, rather bent, and of a black colour as 

 are likewise the legs, which are furnished with 

 strong claws ; the forehead and sides of the head;, 



