MAGNIFICENT PARADISE A. 
Generic Character. 
Bill surrounded at the base by velvet-like 
feathers. 
Uypod ion drial feathers (in most species) long 
and loose. 
Tail-feathers two upper naked or unwebbed. 
Specific Character, &c- 
RUFOUS-CHESNUT PARADISE-BIRD, lu* 
cid green beneath, with fasciculated yellow 
plumes on each side the neck. 
MAGNIFICENT BIRD of PARADISE. 
Lath. Syn . l. p. -177. 
Oiseau de Paradis, de la Nouvelle Guinde did 
1 c Magnifujue. 
IV. Enl. (xu. 
This elegant species, so remarkable for the splen¬ 
dor and variety of its colours, is principally found in 
the Molucca islands, and is of somewhat smaller 
size than the Paradisea apoda or common Paradise- 
Bird, 
