The Hiflory ^ANIMALS, 4oy 
to a great extent; the tail is moderately long, and the two long feathers are very nar¬ 
row and flexible. 
The legs are fhort, but robuft 5 they are of a dufky brownifh^yellow s the toes are 
long and flender, and the claws are long, black, and fharp. 
This is brought to us dried with the others, and it is but rarely that the legs are pre- 
ferved with it; moft of the authors who have written of birds have mentioned it. Al- 
drovand calls it Manucodiata tertia and Hippomanucodiata 5 Ray, Willughby, and 
others have borrowed the fame name. Aldrovand mentions it as much larger than the 
fize given here 5 but this defcription is from a fpecimen fent over to England 1 it is 
poffible larger of the fame fpecies may have been feen. 
Paradifcea grifea capite nigrefcente criftata. 
The crejled Paradifcea, with a black head\ 
Thk is of the fize of our thrufh in it’s body, but the wings are fo long, that it has 
the appearance of being much larger: the head is large and flatted on the crown s 
the eyes are fmall, and their iris brown ; the beak is two fingers breadth long, and 
fomewhat hooked : the upper chap is longer than the other, and is turned over it at 
the end : the whole beak'is of a deep black $ the noftrils are large, open, and of a fi¬ 
gure approaching to oval. 
There is a fpot of yellow near the bafe of the beak, but the reft of the head and 
the neck are black : the back is of a dufky grey, and the bread: and belly of a pale 
grey j the lower part of the belly is whitifh 5 there is a creft on the neck formed rather 
of a kind of fete than of feathers 5 this is of a yellow colour: the long feathers of 
the wings are black 5 the tail alfo is black, and fo are the two oblong feathers of it. 
The legs are moderately long, flender, and yellow: the toes are long, and the 
claws are long, black, and fharp. 
Moft writers on birds have defcribed it. Aldrovand, Ray, Willughby, and others 
call it Manucodiata quarta five cirrata. We have fpecimens of it fometimes brought 
over to England. 
Paradifcea nigrefcens capite minore. it M&Clt bttB 
The black Paradifcea , with afmailer head . Of 
This was one of the firft fpecies brought into Europe, and is confequently defcribed 
by fome authors as the common kind $ it is, in the body, about as big as our thrufh, 
but the wings are immoderately long : the head is fmaller than in mold of the others, 
but it is fomewhat broad, and flatted on the crown : the beak is a finger’s breadth and 
a half long, and is hooked at the end : the upper chap is longer than the other, and 
is black ; the under one is of a kind of olive colour: the noftrils are large and round- 
ifh : the eyes are fmall, and their pupil black, with a tinge of greenifh; their iris 
grey *. the anterior part of the head is of a pale, filvery grey, but the reft of it is 
black : the back is of a dark grey, the breaft of a paler, and the belly whitifh : the 
wings are very long, and their feathers extreamly thin, light, and delicate, and thofe 
of the tail are alfo very elegant, but fomewhat more rigid ; all thefe are black, and the 
two long feathers of the tail are blacker than all the reft. 
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The legs are fhort but robuft, and of a deep bluifh-black colour s the toes are mo¬ 
derately long and fcaly j the claws are very long, black, and fharp. 
This has been long known in Europe by the fpecimens fent over of it; but as the 
firft people, who made us in this part of the world acquainted with it, told of it’s 
being always on the wing, and, to credit the ftory, pulled off it’s legs j the authors 
who 
