PARADISEIM, 
the fig trees form the principal part of their subsistence ; and they occasionally feed on insects* of which* if large* they 
reject the legs, wings, and the lower parts of the abdomen. Their cry is loud and sonorous, and poured forth in a 
rapid succession of notes. The first four notes, says Mr. Lay, are very exactly intonated, very clear, and very sweet ; 
the last three are repeated in a kind of caw, a very high refinement of the voices of a daw or a crow, yet possessing a 
striking resemblance. 
1. P. apoda Linn. PI. enl. 254., Edwards’s Birds, pi. 110., Vieill. 
Ois. dor. t. 1., Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 1, 2. — Paradisea major 
Shaw. 
2. P. papuana Bechst. Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 4, 5., Vieill. Ois. 
dor. t. 2., Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 27- — Paradisea minor Font. 
3. P. rubra Vieill. Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 3., Levaill. Ois. de Parad. 
t. 6. — Paradisea sanguinea Shaw. 
4. P. speciosa Bodd. PI. enl. 631., Sonn. Voy. t. 98. — Para- 
disea magnifica Scop. Lath. Gen. Syn.pl. 19., Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 4., 
Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 9, 10.; P. cirrhata Lath..; Diphyllodes 
seleucides Less. ; Type of Diphyllodes Less. 1835. 
5. P. regia Linn. PI. enl. 496., Edwards’s Birds, pi. iii., Levaill. 
Ois. de Parad. t. 7., Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 5. — Cicinnurus spinturnix 
I.ess. ; Type of Cicinnurus Less. (1816). 
6. P. afro Bodd. PI. enl. 632., Sonn. Voy. t. 96 . — Paradisea 
superba Scop. Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 7-, Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 14, 
15., Nat. Misc. pi. 1021. ; P. nigra Font.; P. furcata Lath.; Type 
of Lophorina Vieill. (1816). 
7. P. scxpennis Bodd. PI. enl. 633., Sonn. Voy. t. 97- — -Para- 
disea penicillata Scop. ; P. aurea Grnel. ; P. sexsetacea Lath. Vieill. 
Ois. dor. t. 6., Levaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 12, 13., Gal. des Ois. t. 97- ; 
Type of Parotia Vieill. (181 6). 
July , 1847- 
