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Feathers of the neck and rump and wing-coverts having 
a flattened cartilaginous shaft, and glossed ; those of 
the breast and back sub-elliptical obtuse. 
Gallus fuTcatiis, Fork-tailed Cock. 
O. plumis collaribus rotundatis, bullosis, metallizatis, 
pectoralibus elongatis, dorsalibus attenuatis obtusis 
laxe marginatis. 
Neck -feathers rounded, bullate, with metallic lustre, 
breast-feathers elongated, dorsal attenuated obtuse, 
with a loose margin. 
Oallus lanatuSy Silk Cock. 
Plumis universis, prsesertim collaribus laxissimis, barbis 
apice simplicibus, setosis. 
All the feathers, especially those of the neck, extremely 
loose ; the barbs simple at the tip, and bristly. 
Paeadisea- 
Faradisea apoda, Common Bird of Paradise. 
P. plumis hypochondriis laxissimis arcuatis, corpore lon- 
gioribus acutis, rectricibus duabus intermediis, longis- 
simis setosiusculis, barbulis obsoletis. 
Feathers of the hypochondria extremely loose, arcuate, 
longer than the body, acute; the two middle tail- 
feathers very long, bristly, the barbs obsolete (or rudi- 
mentary). 
ParadisExV regia. King Bird of Paradise. 
P. plumis hypochondriis densiusculis oblongis, quadra- 
tim obtusis, apice metallizatis ; dorsalibus laxiusculis, 
barbis setosis ; pennis caudse duabus setosis longissi- 
mis, apice extrorsum barbatis, gyratis. 
Feathers of the hypochondria somewhat dense, oblong, 
squared at the ends, with metallic lustre ; dorsal fea- 
