MONOGRAPH 
OF 
THE PARADISEID M, 
OR 
BIRDS OF PARADISE, 
AND 
PTILONORHYNCHJDJ3, 
OR 
BOWER-BIRDS. 
BY 
B. BOWDLER SHARPE, LL.D. E.L.S. E.Z.S. etc, 
ASSISTANT KEEPER, ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM ; HOLDER OF THE GOLD MEDAL FOR SCIENCE FROM 
H.I.M. THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA ; HON. MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ; 
FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY - OF SCIENCES OF LISBON ; 
HON. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (NATURA ARTIS MAGISTRA) OF AMSTERDAM ; 
MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS OF MOSCOW ; FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE ; 
FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION; MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CENTRAL BUREAU; 
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION; HON. MEMBER OF THE MANCHESTER LITERARY 
AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ; HON. MEMBER OF THE HASLEMERE MICROSCOPE AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY ; 
AUTHOR OF A ‘MONOGRAPH OF THE ALCEDINIDiE,’ A ‘MONOGRAPH OF THE IIIRUNDINID/E ’ (WITH CLAUDE W. WYATT), 
AND OF VOLS. I., II., III., IV., VI., VII., X., XII., XIII., XVII. (pt.), XXHI., XXIV., XXVI. (pt.) 
OF THE ‘CATALOGUE OF BIRDS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISIT MUSEUM,’ etc., etc. 
IN TWO VOLUMES. 
VOLUME I. 
LO NDON: 
HENRY SOTHEKAN & CO., 
37 PICCADILLY, W. I 140 STRAND, W.C. 
1891-1898. 
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