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Golden Bird of paras, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, iii. p. 112, pl. 112 (1750).—Lath. Gen. S\yenen ro ee
p. 483 (1782). ,
Oriolus aureus, Linn. eye ae p. 163 (1766). Gum. Syst. Nat. i. p. 394 (1788).—Vieill. N. D. d’Hist. Nat.
Xvilil. p. 194 HELD Mowe Pl. Col. ii. Genre Loriot (1825).—Wagl. Syst. Av., Oriolus sp. (1827).—
| Gray, Gen. eS iB 232 (1845).—Id. Cat. B. New Guin. p. 57 (1859).—Id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 293,
no. 4332 (869) Rosenb: Reist. naar Geelvinkb. p. 117 (1875).—Musschenbr. Dagboek, pp. 209, 236
(1883).—Rosenb. Mitth. orn. Ver. Wien, 1885, p. 54. :
Le Rollier de Paradis, Montb. Hist. Nat. Ois. ii. p. 149 (1775).
| Paradisea aurea, Borowsk. Nat. il. p. 122 (1780-84).—Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 197 (1790).—Cuv. Régn. An. i.
p- 405 (1817).—Swains, Zool. Journ. 1. p. 472, note (1825).—Schleg. J. f. O. 1861, p. 386.
Le Paradis orangé, Vieill. Ois. Wore Or-nlanade ps 205 plsy Il Loy CIS02)):
Le Loriot de Paradis, Levaill. Ois. de Parad. i. pls. 18, 19 (1806).
Paradisea aurantia, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 499, pl. 68 (1809).
| Lophorina aurantia, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 76 (1826).
Sericulus aureus, Less. Man. d’Orn. i. p. 396 (1828).—Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 349 (1850).—Gray, P. Z. S. 1858,
p. 192, 1861, p. 434,—Wall. Ibis, 1861, p. 287.—Id. P. Z.S. 1862, pp. 154, 157, 159, 160.—Rosenb.
Nat, Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 234 (1863).—Id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 120.—Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 173
, (1865).—Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Coraces, p. 98 (1867).—Wall. Malay Archip. ii. pp. 419, 420 (1869).—
} Beccari, Ann. Mus. Genoy. vii. p. 709 (1875).—D’Albertis, t. c. p. 798.—Sel. Ibis, 1876, p. 248.—
a: | Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p. 554 (1879).
Oriolus aurantiacus, Dumont, Dict. Class. Sc. Nat. xxvii. p. 215.
Loriot de Paradis orangé, Less. Voy. Coq., Zool. i. pt. 2, p. 654 (1828).
Sericulus aurantiacus, Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 339 (1831).—Id. Ois. Parad. Syn. p. 20, et Nat. Hist. p. 201, pl. 25
(1835).—Id. Compl. de Buff., Ois. p. 497 (1838).
Xanthomelus aureus, Bp. Compt. Rend. xxxviul. pp. 262, 538 (1854).—Scel. Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 159 (1858).—
| Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 112.—Id. Monogr. Parad. pl. xv. (1873).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. p. 783
| (1875), ix. p. 192 (1876).—Id. Atti R. Ac. Se. Tor. xi. p. 688 (1876).—Id. Ibis, 1876, p. 267.—
Beccari, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. ix. p. 385 (1877).—Salvad. op. cit. x. p. 14(note), p. 152 (1877 ).—Sharpe,
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 186 (1877).—Gould, B. New Guin. i. pl. 48 (1878).—D Alb. Nuova Guin.
pp- 28, 80, 83, 582 (1880).—Eudes-Deslongch. Ann. Mus. d’Hist. Nat. Caen, i. p. 39 (1880).—Salvad.
Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 568 (1881 ).—Guillem. P. Z. 5. 1885, p. 657.—D’Hamony. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1886,
| pp. 508, 511.—Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 164 (1890).
Oriolus wanthogaster, Rosenb. in litt. (1871).—Id. Reist. naar Geelvinkb. pp. 117, 139 (1875).—Id. Mitth. orn.
Ver. Wien, 1885, p. 54.
Sericulus wanthogaster, Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p.
Geelvinkb. p. 102 (1875).—Salvad. Atti R. Ac. Se. Tor. xi. p. 688 (1876).—Id. Ibis, 1876, p. 267.—
| Rosenb. Malay. Archip. pp. 554, 590 (1879).
| Chlamydodera wanthogastra, Elliot, Ibis, 1872, p. 113.—Id. Monogr. Parad. pl. 33 (1873).—Scl. P. Z. 5. 1873
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and the Bower-birds has never been easy of definition,
d the two families together. As
being discovered, it would

Tur line of demarcation between the Birds of Paradise
and some naturalists, like Mr. D. G. Elliot and Count Salvadori, have unite
propensities of the two groups are gradually

the nesting-habits and bower-building
d to be true Birds of Paradise are also the frequenters of

seem that many of the species hitherto considere

“ playing-grounds,” after the manner of the Bower-birds.
The present species has generally been placed at the e

| apparently the nearest ally of the Bower-birds of the genus Amblyornis,

nd of the series of Birds of Paradise, as being
and the coloration of the females and

resembles that of a Bower-bird that there is nothing remarkable in the fact that, when
they were described by Professor Schlegel as Scriculus
nus Chlamydodera.

are not yet exactly known. Dr. Beccari was
able to discover whether it made a

young birds so closely

they were first discovered by Baron von Rosenberg,
| wanthogaster and afterwards placed by Mr. Elliot in the ge
The nesting-habits of the Golden Bird of Paradise
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