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the nape o f the neck a creil compofed of ftiff yellow bridles,,
rather than feathers,- three inches high;, length, to t-he end of
the wings, eighteen inches : molt probably an inhabitant of
New Guinea, but feems unknown lince the days, o f Aldro-
vandus.
Gorget ; Latham, ii. 478. tab. xx. This was undefcribed till
Mr. Latham favored: us with an account o f it ; he fuppofes it to
be the fame with one mentioned by captain Forreji,- p. 140, who-
fàys that the Alfoories, or inhabitants o f the mountains in Mixoal,
ihoot thefe birds, and fell them to the people o f Tidore.
Superb ; Sonn. N. Guinée,,157. tab. 96. Tie Buffon, iii. 169.
Pi. Enl. 632. Latham, ii. 479. TheBlach, Forreji, 139. An in--
habitant o f New Guinea, its hiftory unknown. M. Sonnerat
places a fmaji bird in its claws, fo one may conclude it to be a
rapacious fpecies, but it is a molt elegant kind ; the long feathers'
fpringing from the lhoulder are belt exprefled in the figure
given in Les Pianehes Enluminées a in Mr. Sonnerat they- are left
quiefcent.
FurcatedLatham, ii. 480. 2d: paragraph. Lei). Mus. w.ith;
the head wholly, black the wings had been cut off, but near'
their origin rifes a tuft, like thofe of-the preceding, on the upper-'
part of the belly,
Sixrwired; Voifeaux. de, Paradis a gorge d'or-, Sonn. N. Guinée
158? tab.-97. Le Sifekt, au,manucode a Jix.Jilets ; de Buffon, iii. 171,.
PL Enl. 633. Latham, ii. 481» Size of a turtle. The long fhaft-
lefs feathers qneaeh fide o f the neck, make it the moil lingular
fpeciesof any w.e are. acquainted- with.
Damfjked blue green ; Latham, ii. 482. Sonnerat, 164. tab. 99.
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PI. Enl. 634. This fpecies has none o f the eccentric, feathers o f
the others, yet each feather on the- hedd' aiid- body appears
curled at the edges. The eolof is5 that of" datnalked iteel,-re-
fiedting blue, green, ahdpurplei The' feathers in the bird de--
ffcribed by Mr. Sdnrterat, lie quite clbfe on each- o th e r le n g th
fixteen inches.
Golden -,- Edw. 112":, Latham, ii. 483. This fpecies is of a brilliant
gold color;: throat o f a velvet black; edge of the wings
and tail black.
White'; Forf ejl, 140'i Latham,- index,-p. 197. Thefe are very
uncommon; one is faid to be quite white,-the other black and
white found only in-thzPapudn iflandsyefpecially in Waggiou.
White-winged; Latham-;vii. Supp. 92. ItS^general color is black;
about the neck glofled with copper ; primaries white,-edged-with
black; the middle feathers o f the'tail twenty inches long,.the-
exterior only feven.
' I now pafs to another genus* which produces fpecies inferior
only to-the preceding.- The Grand o f Mr. T.atbam, ii. p. 695.
Lef grand Promerops- de la Nottvelle- Guine'e Sonn, Foy. p. 166.
pi. tor. PI. Enl. 639; Le- grand Promerops a paremerts frijes;.
Buf. Ois: vl. p. 472;
T h i ' extravagancy o f the plumage is -admirably exprefled in
the figure referred to; the fize is that o f a middle fized pigeon ;
the' tail-is molb enormous-; the middle feathers being two feet1
four inches long.
T h e rayed', is- the other fpecies 4 New (Turned, -brown; Latham'
ii. 694. • Le-'P'romerops, brun de-la-Nhuvel/e-Guinee ; Sonn. Foy. 164.
tab. 100. Le-BroMerops brun a ventre raye; Biff, Ois. vi. p. 471. ■
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