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XII. CALASTRAPIA, gen. nov. 
Range. N.W. New Guinea. C. splendidissima. 
XIII. PARADISEA. 
lype. 
Paradisea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 166 (1766) P. apoda. 
Range. New Guinea, Salawati, Jobi, Misori, Mysol, Waigiou, Ghemien, Batanta, Am Islands. 
Key to the Species. 
a. Yellow of head confined to the crown and nape ; the back maroon from the nape 
to the tail. 
a . Ornamental flank-plumes yellow ; no yellow collar below the green throat ; 
breast and abdomen not contrasting strongly with the velvety brown of the 
chest, which is only a little darker 
h' . Ornamental flank-plumes crimson ; a distinct yellow collar below the green 
throat ; a distinct patch of velvety brown on the chest, in contrast to the 
vinaceous chestnut of the breast and abdomen 
h. Yellow of head continued over the mantle and back. 
c. Yellow extending over the whole hack to the upper tail-coverts. 
a". Green of forehead extending to the line of the eyes, and forming a broad 
frontal hand ; a narrow yellow collar below the green throat ; underparts 
of the same tint, the chest not velvety in contrast to the breast ; flank- 
feathers yellow, washed with reddish-brown, white at the ends . 
h" . Green of forehead confined to a narrow basal line; a yellow collar below 
the green throat. 
a 6 . Chest velvety black, in contrast to the light vinous-brown breast. 
e 4 . Flank-feathers golden orange 
h 4 . Flank-feathers crimson 
h z . Chest delicate lilac-grev like the breast ; flank-plumes crimson, with a 
patch of silky black plumes near the base on each side of the 
abdomen 
cl'. Yellow of back restricted to the interscapulary region, the lower back and 
rump chestnut ; flank-plumes yellow 
( 1 . apoda . 
[2. novce-guinece. 
3. raggiana. 
4. mar ice. 
5. augustce-victorice . 
fj. intermedia. 
7. decora , 
8. minoi and allies. 
XIV. TRICHOPARAD1SEA. 
Trichoparadisea, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, 1892—93, p. 20 (1893) 
Range . German New Guinea. 
Type. 
T. gulielmi. 
XV. URANORNIS. 
Uranornis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov, ix. p. 191 (1876) 
Range. Islands of Waigiou, Ghemien, and Batanta. 
Type. 
U. rubra. 
XVI. PARADISORNIS. 
Paradisornis, Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. ii. p. 385 (1885) 
Range. S.E. New Guinea. 
XVII. LAMPROTHORAX. 
Lamprothorax, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, 1894-95, no. 2, p. 3 (1896) 
Range. N.W. New Guinea. 
Type. 
P. rudolphi. 
Type. 
L. wilhelmince. 
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