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Streptodtta (2 sp.), Celebes ; Charitornis (1 sp.), Sula Islands ; 
C)rmis (55 sp.), universally distributed except South America 
and New Zealand, but found in Guatemala and the Antilles 
to Porto Eico ; reaches the extreme north of Europe and Asia ; 
Gymnocorvus (2 sp.), Papuan Islands ; Picathartes (1 sp.), West 
Africa ; Corvultur (2 sp.), Tropical and South Africa. 
Sub-family Y. Eregilinse (Choughs). — Fregilus (3 sp.), moun- 
tains and cliffs of Palaearctic region from West Europe to the 
Himalayas and North China, Abyssinia (Plate I., Yol. I., p. 
195) ; Corcorajc (1 sp.), Australia. 
Family 21. — PAEADISEIDAL. (19 Genera, 34 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
NEOTROPICAL 
Sub-regions. 
NE ARCTIC 
SUB-REGIONS. 
PaL/EARCTIC 
Sub- regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Paradis eidie, or f< Birds of Paradise,” form one of the most 
remarkable families of birds, unsurpassed alike for the singularity 
and the beauty of their plumage. Till recently the family was re- 
stricted to about eight species of the more typical Paradise birds, 
but in his splendid monograph of the group, Mr. Elliot has 
combined together a number of allied forms which had been 
doubtfully placed in several adjacent families. The various 
species of true Paradise birds, having ornamental plumes deve- 
loped from different parts of the body, are almost wholly confined 
to New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, one species 
only being found in the Moluccas and one in North Australia ; 
while the less typical Bower-birds, having no such developments 
of plumage, are most characteristic of the north and east of 
Australia, with a few species in New Guinea, The distribution 
of the genera according to Mr. Elliot’s monograph is as follows : — 
Sub-family I, Paradiseinae. — Pamdisea (4 sp.), Papuan Is- 
lands ; Manucodia (3 sp.), Papuan Islands and North Australia; 
Astmpia (1 sp.), New Guinea; Parotia (1 sp.), New Guinea; 
Lophorhina (1 sp.), New Guinea; Piphyllodes (3 sp.), Papuan 
