never found the adult male in -company with females or young birds, hut always in the thickest parts o f the
forests ; the females and young birds I have generally found in a much lower zone. This Paradise-bird is very
noisy, uttering a note like ‘ G u a a d -g u a a d it feeds upon various kinds o f fruits, more especially on a species of
fig which is very plentiful in the mountain-ranges; at other times I have observed it feeding on a small kind of
nutmeg. To clean its rich plumage this bird is in the habit, where the ground is dry, to scrape, similar to a
gallinaceous bird, a round place clear of all grass and leaves, and in the dust produced by the clearing to. roll
over and over again, at the same time crying out, extending and contracting its plumage, elevating the brilliant
silvery crest on the upper part o f its head, and also the six remarkable plumes from which it derives the specific
name of sexpennis. On seeing its eccentric movements at this time, and hearing its cries, one would consider it to
be engaged in a fight with some imaginary enemy. This bird is named ‘ Caran-a' by the natives. I have also a
skeleton of a young male of this species, which, although not in a perfect state, may no doubt be interesting as
showing the form of the cranium, on which there is an admirable muscular structure which enables the bird to
elevate the feathers o f the head. The feathers at the nape o f the neck exhibit, when the rays of light strike
upon them, a rich and brilliant metallic hue. The eyes are o f a light blue, with a circle o f a pale yellowish green
colour.”
G e n u s LOPHORINA.
Lophorina, Vieill. Analyse (1816), p. 35.
10. Lophorina a t r a .......................................................................................................................................Plate XL
M. Albertis, who obtained this species in New Guinea, says “ it is found in the same mountains as the last-
named species (P. sexpennis), and feeds upon similar fruits. It flies from branch to branch in the forests, uttering
a cry of ‘ nied-nied,’ and from this peculiar note is named by the natives ‘ Niedda' The muscles used in the
elevation of the crest of P. sexpennis are surprising, but are surpassed in size by those o f this bird; for with
them it can extend, contract, elevate, and depress the long velvet feathers which, commencing a little below the
occiput, extend along the body like a mantle; and when this is elevated, the two feathers, horns, or tufts at
the root of the beak are raised at the same time.”
G e n u s DIPHYLLODES.
Diphylhdes, Lesson, Ois. Parad. (1835) p. 16. Type D. speciosa.
11. Diphylhdes s p e c i o s a ............................................................................................................................Plate XII.
12. Diphyllode» speciosa, var. chrysoptera Plate XIII-
13. Diphylhdes respu blica............................................................................................................................Plate XIV.
G e n u s XANTHOMELUS.
Xanthomelus, Bonap. Ann. d. Sc. Nat., Ser. iv. Zool. (1854) p. 122, desc. null. Characterized, Elliot, Ibis, 1872.
Type X . aureus.
14. Xanthomelm a u r e u s .............................................................................................................................Plate XV.
G e n u s CICINNURUS.
Cicinnurm, Vieill. Ency. Method. (1823) t. iii. p. 908.
15. Cicinnurm r e g im ..................................................................................................................................... Plate XVI.
G e n u s PARADIGALLA.
Paradigalla, Less. Ois. de Paradis (1835), p. 242. Characterized Rev. Zool. (1840) p. 1. Type P. carunculata.
16. Paradigalla carunculata Plate XVII.
G e n u s SEMIOPTERA.
Semioptera, G. R. Gray. Not characterized by this author. Type S. Wallacii.
17. Semioptera Wallacii . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plate XVIII.
S u b f am il y EPIMACHINJ1.
G e n u s EPIMACHUS.
Epimaclus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. (1817) p. 407. Type E. speciosus.
18. Epimachm speciosus . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plate XIX.
19. Epimachm E l l i o t i Plate XX.
Ge n u s DREPANORNIS.
Drepanomis, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Type D. Albertisi.
20. Drepanomis Albertisi Plate XXI.
Tliis species has also been described by Dr. A. B. Meyer in the Tijd. voor de Dierk. in Batavia, as Epimachm
Wilhebnina; but Dr. Sclater’s name of D. Albertisi has priority, and the other must become a synonym.
G e n u s SELEUCIDES.
Seleucides, Less. Ois. Parad. (1835) p. 36. Typo S. alba.
21. Seleucides alba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plate XXII.
Ge n u s PTILORIS.
Ptiloris, Swainson, Zool. Jou
22. Ptiloris magnificm
23. Ptiloris Alberti
24. Ptihris paradisem
25. Ptiloris Victoria .
n. (1825) p. 481. Type P. paradisem.
............................................................Plate XXIII.
...................................................................... Plate XXIV.
...................................................................... Plate XXV.
......................................................................Plate XXVI.
S u b f a m il y TECTONARCHINÆ.
Ge n u s SERICULUS.
Sericulm, Swainson, Zool. Joum. (1825) vol. i. p. 476. Type S. melinm.
26. Sericulm m e l i n m .........................................................................................................................Plate XXVII.
Ge n u s PTILONORHYNCHUS.
Ptilonorhynchm, Kuhl, Beit. Zool. (1820) p. 150. Type P. violacem.
27. Ptilonorhynchm v i o l a c e m P^ate XXVIII.
28. Ptilonorhynchm R a um s le y i Plate XXIX.
Ge n u s CHLAMYDODERA.
Chlamydodera, Cab. Mus. Hein. (1850) vol. i; p. 212. Type C. nuchalis.
29. Chlamydodera maculala . plate x x x -