'GOLDEN BIRD OF PARADISE. 
Birds of Paradise, is either ascribable to this 
bird's having been deprived ot them, for the 
reasons above assigned ; or, that the absence 
of those usual appendages, in the Golden Bird 
of Paradise, is merely a sexual disiindlion in 
this particular species ? It may, possibly, be 
the female of the Golden-Breasted Bird of 
Paradise ; though, we confess, the long fea- 
thers of the neck, like the Domestic Cock, 
seem rather to oppose our notion, by intrude 
ing on the mind somewhat of a Jiiascullne 
idea : that, however, is far from being alone 
conclusive. 
The Golden Bird of Paradise, we believe, 
has never been seen quite perfe6l, by any na- 
turalist : and, till it has, nothing can be with 
certainty decided by a candid enquirer. 
That Edwards is justifiable, in considering 
it as a Bird of Paradise, we are ourselves per- 
fedlly satisfied. Even BufFon acknowledges 
it to resemble that genus, by it's smallness, 
and the situation of the eyes under and very near 
the jun6lion of the mandibles ; as well as by 
a sort of natural velvet, which covers the 
throat. 
