GOLDEN BIRD OF PARADISE.^ 
throat, and part of the head.'* This last, 
surely, at least, must be admitted as a generi- 
cal chara6ler of the Bird of Paradise ; vet 
Buffon, very inconsistently, as we conceive, 
afterwards asserts, " it has none of the princi- 
cipal chara6lers." 
Still, after all, BufFon m'ay be right In his 
suggestion, that this Golden Bird of Para- 
dise forms the shade which conne6ls these tv^^o 
kinds." It remains for future decision, how- 
ever, to which side the balance inclines. 
