THE 
VAILLANTIAN PARADISE-BIRD. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill covered at the base by velvet-like plumes. 
Side-Feathers beneath the wings, in-most spe- 
cies, extending far beyond the rest of the 
plumage. 
Legs sHcing § feet formed for Salltoiaye. 
ie. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Violet-Black Paradise- Bird, with loose- Cen 
snow-white side-feathers terminating in 
very long naked filiform shafts. 
Le Nebuleux. 
oe Levaill. Parad. 
The present species of Paradise-Bird is beautifully 
“figured in the splendid work on that genus published 
by Mons. Levyaillant, whose specimen however seems 
to have had the bill a little injured by being warped 
upwards; a particular which is corrected in the pre- 
sent plate. This bird, like the rest of its congeners, 
is an inhabitant of the Molucca islands. ; 
