PARADIGcALLA GARUNCXILATA
PARADIGALLA CARUNCULATA, Lesson.
Wattled Bird of Paradise.
p. 414
ilia carmculata, Less. Ois. Parad. p. 242 (1 8 3 5 ) ; id. ilev . ¿ 001. « w y . , g g t r
(I8 6 0 ) ; Sclater, P . 1 S. 1857. p. 6 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 160; id. Malay Arch., p. 257 ( 1869)
Elliot Monogr. Parad. pi. xvii. (1 8 7 3 ); Salvador!, Ann. Mas. Cmc. Genov vn. p. 784 (1875)
Beccari i a. p. 711 (1 8 7 5 ) ; Sclater, Ibis, 1876, p. 2 5 0 ; Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov.
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rHE extreme rarity o f the present species in European collections may be imagined from the fact that M
Elliot when writing his monograph of the birds of Paradise live years ago, conld only cite two specimens as
existing in the mnsenms of the world. One o f these was the original specimen procured by MM. Eydoux and
Souleyct during the voyage o f the ‘Bonite,’ and still preserved in theParis Museum; and the second example
was contained in the'rich collection o f the Philadelphia Academy. Since that
specimens have been obtained by the European travellers who have visited and explored the Arfak Mountains
this part o f the great Papuan island ; for out of five
1, A 3 d’thirty two sDecimens of Paradise-birds forwarded to Italy by Dr. Beccari and Mr. Bruijn, only
fifteeiTbelonged I the present species. The more recent explorers, MM. Laglaise | | | | | | | B i
met with the bird; and I possess in my own collection a fine pair procured by M. Laglaixe n,
■ ■ B been recorded concerning the habits o f the Wattled Bird o f Paradise, as the original
H H W M i meet with the species in a living state ; and the first person who has given 1H
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Birds of Paradise, the genus ParadigaU* contains but one single
the tail-feathers o f most of the forms o f Paradiseidse. A glance at the Plate or a* V g
how entirely different it is even from that, its nearest ally. B B B I
below, a little browner on the under surface ; H
and tml blacky A e ^ e r ^ o n ^ d ^ w t h Mp^lidi^loM^hh^ee eer^nHghts^^headjflowied wi^ ^
■ M l I— of the hill an erect wattled skin ; round the eye a ring ■ B B B
space beloiTand behind the eye hare; bill and legs black. Total length 1T2 inches, cn.inen 0-55, wmg 6 !5,
tail 4-85, tarsus 1*9.
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