THE 
SUPERB PARADISE-BIRD. 
JOSIE ISSO SIO IO 
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 strong 3 feet formed for walking. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Be, 
Black Paradise-Bird, with a wing-like set of 
_ feathers on each side of the body, and 
bright-green pectoral plumes eens: and 
lengthened on each side. 
Gen. Zool. 7. p. 404. 
Le Manucode dit le Superbe. 
Sonner. voy. p. 157. pl. 06. 
Le Manucode noir de‘la Nouvelle Be dit le. 
Superbe. 
Buff. ois. Pl. Eul. 632. 
Le Superbe. 
- Viellot Parad. Levaill. Parad, 


The Superb Paradise-Bird is a native of the Molucca 
islands. It has been figured with peculiar elegance in 
the splendid publication of Mons. Levaillant on the 
genus Paradisea; and the representation here given is 
a faithful copy. The size of the bird equals that of a 
common Thrush. 
