CORVID^. 



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Pennce hypocfiondriorum^ in 

 masculis, latae, elongatae, 

 truncatae. 



Hypochondrial feathers, in 

 the males, broad, elon- 

 gated, truncated. 



Sp. 1 . Ci. regius. 



Paradisea regia. Shaw, v. vii. p. 497. pi. 67. 



GENUS CLXXXIX.— EPIMACHUS, Cuvier. 



Rostrum capite longius, su- 

 pra convex um, lateratim 

 compressum, arcuatum, 

 acuminatum : mandihula 

 superior longissima. 



Nares pennis tomentosis ves- 

 titae. 



PenncE, hypochondriorum, in 



masculis, elongatae. 

 Cauda longissima. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 convex above, compassed 

 laterally, arcuated, acu- 

 minated : the upper man- 

 dible longest. 



Nostrils clothed with downy 

 feathers. 



Hypochondrial feathers elon- 

 gated in the males. 



Tail very long. 



Sp. 1. Ep. superbus. 



Promerops superbus. Shavo, v. viii.^. 145. — Female? — Pro- 

 merops striatus. Skatv, v. viii. p. 144. — Inhabits New Guinea. 



Sp. 2. Ep. splendidus. 



Ep. sericeo niger capite pectoreque chali^beo nitentibus ; cauddsuh" 

 Jurcatd. 



Silky-black Epimachus with the head and breast shining steel; 



the tail somewhat forked. 

 L'Epimaque Promefil. Cm. Reg. Anim. v. i. p. 408. — Tufted 



Promerops. Lath. Gen. Hist, v. \y. p. \ \2. pi. Ixvii 



Of a fine velvet-black, with a moderate and slightly 

 forked tail ; the head and breast glossed of a fine 

 steel ; the feathers of the flanks elongated, slender and 

 black. 



