THE 
PARKINSONIAN PARADISE BIRD. 
Generic Character. 
Bill covered at the base by downy feathers. 
Hypochondrial Feathers (in most species elon¬ 
gated. 
Middle tail feathers nearly naked or unwebbed. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Brown PARADISE-BIRD, with loose-webbed 
tail-feathers, the two exterior ones broad 
and lunated. 
Superb Menura. 
Lath. syn. append. 2 . p. 27 1. 
Le Parkinson. 
Dcsray and Fiellot. Oiseaux Dorees. 
This highly singular bird is a native of Austra¬ 
lasia or New Holland, and is more remarkable for 
the peculiarity of its aspect than for any beauty of 
colour, the general cast being a dusky brown, with 
K 2 a few 
