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Golden Bird of Paradise.
Golim Bird of Paradise, Edwavds, Nat. Hist. Birds, iii. p. U2, pi, 113 (1750).-Lati,. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2.
Oriol,.s I r ^ ^ y ^ . Nat. i. p. 103 (17Gn).-G™. Syst. Nat. 1. p. .394 (1788).-VieiU N D. d'Hist. Nat,
xTiii p 194 (1817),-Temm, Pi, Col, ii. Genre Loriot (1823),^Wagl, Syst, Av., Onolus sp. (1S27>-
Gray Gen B ii. p, 232 (1843),-Id. Cat. B. New Guin. p. 57 (1859).-Id. Iland-1. B. •, p, 29:!,
no. .1332 (18e9).-Rosenb. Reist. naar Geelvinkb. p. 117 (1875).-Musschenbr. Dagboek, pp. 209, 23B
(-1883)._Rosenb, Mittli. orn. Ver. Wien, 1885, p. 54.
M i ' c r (ic Montb. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p, 149 (1775), ^ . •
Paradisca aurca, Bcrowsk. Nat. ii. p. 122 (1780-84),-Lath, Ind. Orn, i, p, 197 (1790),-Cuv, Regn, An, ,,
p, 405 (1817),-^Swains, Zool. Journ. i. p. 472, note (1825).—Sclileg. J. f. 0 . 18Ü1, p. 380.
Le Paradis ormuji, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. Ois. Parad, p. 20, pis. 11, 12 (1803).
Lc Loriot de Paradis, Lcyaill, Ois, de Farad, i, pis, 18, 19 (180IÍ),
Paradisea aurailtia, Shaw, Gen, Zool, mi. p, 499, pi, 08 (1809),
XonAo)-;«« íiM-ílníia, Steph, Gen, Zool, xiv, p, 76 (1826),
Sericulus aureus. Less. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 396 (1828).-Bp, Consp, Av, i, p, 319 (1850),-Gray, P, Z, S, 1858,
p 192 1801 p 4.34.-Wall. Ibis, 1801, p. 287. - Id. P, Z. S, 1862, pp, 154, 157, 159, 100,-Rosenb,
Nat Tijdscbr, Ned, Ind. xxy, p, 234 (1863) , - Id, J, f, 0 , 1864, p, 120,-Finsch, Nen-Guinea, p. 173
ri8C5)—Scbleo-. Mus. P.-B., Coraces,p. 98 (1807),—Wall Malay Arcbip, ii, pp, 419, 420 (1809).—
Beceari, Ann. Mus. GeaoT. vii. p. 709 (1875),-D'Albertis, t. c. p. 798.-Scl. Ibis, 1870, p. 248. -
Rosenb, Malay. Arcbip. p. 554 (1879).
Oriolus aurimiiacus, Dumont, Diet. Class. Sc. Nat. xxvii. p. 215,
Loriot de Paradis orange, Less, Voy. Coq., Zool. i. pt, 2, p, 654 (1828),
Serieulus aurantiacus. Less, Tr. d'Orn. p. 339 (1831),-Id, Ois, Parad, Syn, p. 20, et Nat. Hist. p. 201, pi, 25
(1835),—Id. Compl. de Buff,, Ois, p, 497 (1838),
Xantlomelus aureus. Bp, Compt. Rend, xxxviii. pp. 202, 538 (1854) . -Sel . Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 159 (1858) . -
Elliot Ibis 1872, p. 112.—Id. Monogr. Parad, pi. XY. (1873).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. p. /83
(1875), ix.' p. 192 (1870).—Id. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xi. p, 688 (1876),—Id, Ibis, 1870, p. 267.—
Beecari Ann. Mus.Civ. Genov. ix. p. 385 (1877),—Salvad,op, cit, x, p, ]4(note),p, 152 (1877),—Sharpe,
Cat B Brit, Mus, iii, p. 180 (1877),—Gould, B, New Guin. i, pi, 48 (1878),—D'Alb, Nuova Gum,
pp 08 SO 83, 582 (1880).—Eudcs-Deslongcb. Ann, Mus, d'Hist, Nat, Caen, i, p, ,39 (1880),—Salvad,
Orn. Papuasia, ii, p, 568 (1881),-Gui l le,n, P, Z, S, 1885, p, 057,-D'Haraonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1880,
pp 508, 511.—Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 104 (1890).
Oriolus ««Ihcgaster, Rosenb. in litt. (1871) . - Id. Reist. naar Geelvinkb. pp. 117, 139 (1875).-Id. Mittb. orn.
Ver. Wicn, 18S5, p. 54.
Serieuhs .anthogaster, Scbleg. Ned. Tijdscbr. Dierk. iv. p. 50 (1S71, ... Rosenb,).-Rosenb. Reist. naar
Geelvinkb. p, 102 (1875).-Salvad, Atti R, Ac, Sc. Tor. xi. p. 088 (1876) . - Id. Ibis, 1870, p. 207. -
CUa„ujdodReroas en.abu.t hMoffaalsatrya. , ArEcblliipo.t ,p pIb. is5,5 41,8 7529,0 p.( 1I81739.)-. I d . Monogr. Parad, pi. 33 (187,3).-Scl. P. Z. S. 1873
p. 097.
T he line of demarcation between the Birds of Paradise and the Bower-birds has never been easy of definit.on,
and some naturalists, like Mr. D. G. Elliot and Count Salvador!, have united the two famihes together. As
the nestin-lmbit,s and bower-hnilding propensities of tl,e two groups are gradually being discovered, ,t would
seem that many of the species hitherto considered to be true Birds of Paradise are also the frequenters of
" iilaviiKv-srounds," after the manner of the Bower-birds. ^
The present species has generally been placed at the end of the series of Birds of Paradise, as being
apparently the nearest ally of the Bower-birds of the genus AmU,jorn\s, and the coloration of the females and
vouno- birds so closely resembles that of a Bower-bird that there is nothing remarkable in the fact that, when
they were first discovered by Baron von Rosenberg, tbcy were described by Professor Schlegcl as Scr^culm
ccamhogrnter and afterwards placed by Mr. Elliot in tlie genus Chlamydodera.
The „cstin-habits of the Golden Bird of Paradise are not yet exactly known. Dr. Beccan was
informed by the natives that it nested ou the ground, but he was not able to discover whether it made a