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CATALOGUE. 
Fam. III. CORVIDiE, Leach. 
Subfam. I. PARADISEANA, Vigors. 
Genus Paradisea, Linn., S. N. (1785). 
Manucodiata, JBrisson, Orn. (1760). 
Samalia, Vieillot. 
821. PARADLSEA RUBRA, Vieillot. 
Paradisea rubra, Vieill., Ois. dor. t. 3 ; Gal. des Ois. 
t. 99. Le Vaill, Ois. de Farad, t. 6. G. B. Gray, 
Gen. of Birds, II. p. 323, t. 79. Blytl, J. A. S. 
Beng. p. 106. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 413. Cahanis, 
Cat. B. Mus. Heine, p. 214. 
Paradisea sanguinea, Shaw, Zool. YII. p. 487, t. 59 
(1809). Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soo. XIII. p. 312. 
Lesson, Barad. t. 78, ^ $ . 
Paradisea coccinea, F. (B.) Hamilton, 3IS. III. p. 52. 
The Eed Paradise-bird, Lath., Hist. III. p. 186. 
a. Drawing. From F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
"These splendid birds are peculiar to New Guinea. They are 
active and lively in their movements, and are usually observed on 
the tops of the high trees, though they descend in the morning and 
evening to the lower branches to search for their food and to hide 
among the foliage from the extreme heat of the sun. The fruits of 
the teak and of the fig form the principal part of their subsistence ; 
and they occasionally feed on insects, of which, if large, they reject 
the legs, wings, and the lower parts of the abdomen. Their cry is 
loud and sonorous, and poured forth in a rapid succession of notes. 
The first four notes, says Mr. Lay, are very exactly intonated, very 
clear, and very sweet ; the last three are repeated in a kind of caw, 
a very high refinement of the voices of a Daw or a Crow, yet pos- 
sessing a striking resemblance." — (G. E. Gray, Gen. of Birds.) 
Subfam. II. FEEGILIJSTA. 
Genus Fregilus, Cumer, Reg. Anim. I. p. 406 (1817). 
CoRACiA, Brisson, Orn. II. p. 3 (1760). 
Graculus, Koch, Baier. Zool. I. p. 91 (1816). 
