CORVID^. 7^ 



apicem laciniatum, incur- niated towards the tip, in- 



vatum. curved. 



Cauda longissima, valde cu- Tail very long, greatly 



neiforma. wedged. 



Sp. 1. As. nigra. 



Paradisea nigra. SImtv, v. vii. p. 488. — New Guinea. 



GENUS CLXXXV.— PAROTIA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum gracile, basi ad 

 medio plumis brevibus to- 

 mentosis tectum, lateratim 

 compressum, curvatum, 

 apice subemarginatum, in- 

 curvum. 



Pennce hypochondriorum, in 

 masculis longiores, latse, 

 decompositae. 



Sp. 1. Pa. aurea. 



Paradisea sexsetacaea. 

 Guinea. 



Beali slender, from the base 

 to the middle clothed with 

 short downy feathers, late- 

 rally compressed, curved, 

 its tip slightly notched, in- 

 curved. 



Hypochondrial feathers, in 

 the males lengthened, 

 broad, decomposed. 



Shau, V. vii. p. 496. pi. 66. — New 



GENUS CLXXXVI.— PARADISEA Auctorum. 

 PARADISE-BIRD. 



Rostrum robustum, supr^ 

 convexum, basi plumis to- 

 mentosis tectum, rectum, 

 lateratim compressum, ver- 

 sus apicem laciniatum. 



Pennce hypochondriorum^ in 

 masculis, longissimae, flexi- 

 les, decompositae. 



BeaJc robust, convex above, 

 clothed at the base with 

 downy feathers, straight, 

 compressed laterally, la- 

 ciniated towards the tip. 



Hypochondrial feathers, in 

 the males, very long, 

 flexible, decomposed. 



