I N T R O D U C T I O N .
(••'. Centre tail-foiitliers long niicl niii-row, vtlvety black, with a sliglitly
iluvelo|icil spatiilc at tlie end, the whole feather vvehbcd
throughout its entire lengtli; DO metallic shield on the throat;
(lank-feathers hlne, ami with thread-like ends
c'. Tail square or with the two centre feathers elongated, hut without a
train of ornamental ilank-pliimes.
/•". Tail square, with the two centre feathers eloiigated, metallic-green;
ronnd the hind-neek a frill of elongated feathers
If". Tail square, with the two centre feathers elongated and wire-like, very
narrow and recurved at the ends.
//•', With no dorsal shield, the upper surface uniform crimson ; on each
side of the breast a tuft of jilunies spread like a fan ; two centre
feathers thread-like and ending in a racket
e''. With a distinct dorsal shield of orange or golden.
a ' . Head covered with dense close-set |iluu)es.
«•'. With a fan-shaped tuft of feathers springing from each side of
the breast
With no fan-shaped tuft of pectoral feathers, but a large shield
of green on the breast
li\ Head hare, bine in life, with a few transverse tracts of feathers
(/'. Tail square, the centre feathers not elongated.
/ i " . M'ith two long streamers from the heail, composed of enamelled Haglike
appendages to a wire-like shaft
i". Without ornamental streamers on the head.
^Vitb a large metallic triangular shield of green on the hi'east; two
white elongated plumes on the wlug
Without a pectoral shield.
Nostrils covered with dense ])lunies ; ]>]uinage metallic.
c'\ Centre tail-feathers simple in structure, like the rest of the tail,
which is " hen "-shaped ; plumage glossy and metallic, with
a pointed tuft of feathers on each side of the crown .
r/''. Tail not markedly " hen "-shaped, but simple in structure, tlie
centre feathers not recurved ; feathers of the neck and chest
crinkled
Centre tail-feathers crinkled and recurved ; feathers OTI the sides
of the crown raised into a dense line of velvety plumes •
f / ' . Nostrils exposed and not approached by frontal plumes ; plumage
])lain and non-metallic
i . M'ith an erect yellow lappet at the base of the hill; plumage black ; wings
longer than the tail, the latter pointed, with the two centre feathers produced
bevond the others
1 6 . PARADISORNIS.
1 7 . LAMPROTHOBAX.
18. CICINNURUS.
1 9 . RHIPIDOHMS.
2 0 . DIPHYLLODES.
2 1 . ScHLEGELIA.
2 2 . ITEKIDOPIIORA.
2 3 . SEMIOPTERA.
24. PLLONVGAMA.
2 5 . MANUCODIA.
2 0 . EUCORAX.
2 7 . LYCOCORAX.
2 8 . PAIIADIGALLA.
X. ASTRAPIA.
Astrapia, Vieill. N. Diet, d'llist. Nat. iii. p. 36 (1810) . . . .
Bange. N.^V. New Guinea.
XI. ASTRARCHIA.
Adrarchia, Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. ii. p. 378 (1885)
liatige. S.E. New Guinea.
Type.
A. nigra.
Type.
A. stephanite.
I N T U O D U C T 1 O N.
linnge. N.W. New Guinea.
XII. CALASTHAPIA, geii. nov.
XIII. PARADISEA.
•I'YPC.
C. ifplciiditlifn'mn.
Type.
Paradisea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. lC(i (17()fi) ('. aiioda.
llange. New Guinea, Salawati, Johi, Misori, Mysol, Waigiou, Ghemien, Uatanta, Aru Islands.
j 1. upodu.
I 2. nmt£-gumc(i;.
3. ruggnma.
Ketj to the Species.
a. Yellow of head confined to the crown and nape ; the hack niarccni from the nape
to the tail.
o'. Ornamental flank-plumes yellow ; no yellow collar below the green throat;
breast and abdomen not contrasting strongly with the velvety brown of the
chest, which is only a little darker
b'. Ornamental (lank-jdunies crimson ; a distinct yellow collai' below the green
throat ; a distinct jjatch of velvety browti on the chest, in contrast to the
vinaceous chestnut of the breast and abdomen
b. Yellow of head continued over the mantle and hack.
c . Yellow extending over the whole back to the up|)er tail-coverts.
a". Green of forehead extending to the line of the eyes, and forming a broad
frontal band; a narrow yellow collar below the green throat; nnder])arts
of the same tint, the chest not velvety in contrast to the breast ; flankf
e a t h e r s yellow, washed with reddish-brown, white at the ends .
b". Green of forehead confined to a narrow basal line; a yellow collar below
the green throat.
Chest velvety black, in contrast to the light vinous-brown breast.
u*. Flank-fealhers golden orange
Flaidt-feathers crimson
li'. Chest delicate lilac-grey like the breast; ilank-plunies crimson, with a
patch of silky black illumes near the liase on each side of the
abdomen
d ' . Yellow of back restricted to the interscapnlary region, the lower hack and
rum]) chestnut ; flaiik-]>lumes yellow
4. maria'.
5. augmtw-nietorice.
0. intermedia.
XIV. THICI-IOPARADISEA.
Trichoparadism, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, 1892-93, p. 20 (1893) .
Range. German New Guinea.
XV. URANORNIS.
Urmiornis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. ix. p. 191 (1876)
Range. Islands of Waigiou, Ghemien, and Uatanta.
XVI. PARADISORNIS.
Paradisornis, Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. ii. p. 385 (1885)
Range. S.E. New Guinea.
XVII. LAMPROTHORAX.
Lamprathmax, Meyer, Abhandl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, 1894-95, no. 2, p. 3 (1896)
Range. N.W. New Guinea.
7. (leeora.
8. mintn and allies.
Type.
Type.
U. rubra.
Type.
P. rudolphi.
Type.
L. wilhelvwia.