THE 
SUPERB PARADISE-BIRD. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill covered at the base by velvet-like plumes. 
Side-Feathers beneath the wings, in most spe- 
cies, extending far beyond the rest of the 
plumage. 
Le^s strong ; feet formed for walking. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
Black Paradise-Bird, with a wing-like set of 
feathers on each side of the body, and 
bright-green pectoral plumes diverging and 
lengthened on each side. 
Gen. Zoo/. 7. p. 494. 
Le Manucode dit le Superbe. 
Sonner. voy. p. 157. pi. g6. 
Le Manucode noir de la Nouvelle Guinee dit le 
Superbe. 
Buff. ois. PI. EuL 632. 
-Le Superbe* 
Viellot Par ad. Levaill. Par ad. 
The Superb Paradise-Bird is a native of the Molucca 
Islands. It has been figured with peculiar elegance in 
the splendid publication of Mons. Levaillant on the 
genus Paradisea j and the representation here given is 
a faithful copy. The size of the bird equals that of a 
common Thrush, 
