MONOGRAPH 
OF 
THE PARADISEID M, 
OR 
BIRDS OF PARADISE, 
AND 
PTILONORHYNCHIDiE, 
OR 
BOWERBIRDS. 
BY 
R. ROWDIER SHARPE, LL.D. E.L.S. E.Z.S. etc, 
ASSISTANT KEEPER, ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM; HOLDER OF THE GOLD MEDAL FOR SCIENCE FROM 
II.I.M. TIIE 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; IION. MEMBER OF THE IIASLEMERE MICROSCOPE AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY; 
AUTHOR OF A ‘MONOGRAPH OF THE ALCEDINID/E,’ A ‘MONOGRAPH OF THE HIRUNDINIDZE ’ (WITH CLAUDE W. WYATT), 
AND OF VOLS. I., II., III., IV., VI., VII., X., XII., XIII., XVII. (pt.), XXIII., XXIV., XXVI. (pt.) 
OF THE ‘CATALOGUE OF BIRDS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,’ etc., etc. 
IN TWO VOLUMES. 
VOLUME II. 
LONDON: 
HENRY S OTHER AN & CO., 
37 PICCADILLY, IV. I 140 STRAND, W.C. 
1891-1898. 
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