PARADISEA MINO R, Shaw.

Lesser Bird of Paradise.

 

Manucodiata minoris generis, Clus. Exot. Auctuar. p- 361 (1605),

Smaller Bird of Paradise, Forrest, Voy. to New Guinea, Damltove

Le petit oiseaw de paradis des iles des Papous, Forrest, Voy. to New Guinea (trad. franc.), Peo 780)

Sonnini, édit. de Buffon, Ois. viii. p. 360. ie

Paradisea minor papuana, Forst. Zool. Ind. p. 31 (1781).—Id.
XXX. p. 113 (1819).

Lesser Bird of Paradise, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 474 (1782).—Leadb, P.

Paradisea apoda, var. 2, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 400 (1788 ).—Lath.
il. p. 270 (1800).

\ Le petit Emeraude, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. Ois. Par. em eeo) a (1802).

! " Le grand Oiseau de Paradis émeraude, Jemelle, Levaill. Ois. Parad. p. 15, pl. 2 (¢) (1806).

Le petit Oiseau de Paradis émeraude, male, Levaill. op. cit. p. 17, pl. 4 (6 ad.).

ibid. 2nd ed. p. 20.—Vieill. N. D. d’Hist. Nat.

Z. 8. 1862, p. 153.
Ind. Orn. i. p. 194 (1790).—Daud. Tr. d’Orn.

Le petit Oiseau de Paradis émeraude, femelle, Levaill. OD EECIine aoe pl. 5 (¢ jun. ).

Paradisea minor, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 486 (1809).—Temm. Man. d’Orn. j. p. Iv (i820)—=Ranz, Blew ai
Zool. iii. pt. 4, p. 66 (1822).—Steph. in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. Xiv. p. 76 (1826).—Wael. WSL, LAN,
Paradisea, sp. 2 (1827).—Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 336 (1831).—J. E. Gray, Il. Ind. Zool. i. pl 27 (1832),—
Less. Ois. Parad. Syn. p. 3, et Hist. Nat. p. 132, pl. 2 (¢ ad.), pl. 3 (2 ), pl. 4 C¢ jun.), pl. 5(¢ juy.)

(1835).—Id. Compl. de Buff., Ois. p. 453 (1838).—Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 106 (1849).—

i Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 16, no. 6248 (1870).—Elliot, Mon. Parad. pl. 4 (1873).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ.

Ve Gen. vil. p. 781 (1875), viii. p. 402 (1876), ix. p. 191 (1876), x. p- 153 (1877).—Sharpe, Cat. Birds

x‘ Brit. Mus. p. 168 (1877).—D’Alb. Nuov. Guin. p. 582 (1880),—Salvad. Orn, Pap. ii. p. 577 (1881).—

| vi Eudes-Deslongch, Ann. Mus. d’ Hist. Nat. Caen, i. p. 22 (1880).—Musschenbr. Dagboek, pp. 185, 220

he (1883).—Rosenb. Mitth. orn. Ver. Wien, 1885, p. 30.—Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 651.—D’Hamonv.

Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xi. pp. 506, 509 (1886).—Salvad. Aggiunte Orn. Papuasia, etc. ii. p. 158
(1890).—Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xiii (1894).—Rothsch. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vi. p- xlv
(1897).

Paradisea papwana, Bechst. Kurze Uebersicht, p. 131 (1811).—Vieill. Enc. Méth. p. 906, pl. 142. fig. 4 (1823).—
Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 322 (1847).—Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 413 (1850).—Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 214
(1851).—Wall. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (2) xx, p- 415 (1857).—Scl. Journ. Pr. Linn. Soe. ii. p. 163
(1858).—Gray, Cat. B. New Guin. p. 36 (1859).—Id. P. Z. S. 1859, p- 157.—Wall. Ibis, 1859, p. 111.
—ld. ibid. 1861, pp. 287-291.—Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, Da 4d0h Sen det Ono leans Saisie ZAnSe
1862, pp. 123, 140, 184, 185.— Wall. t. c. pp. 154-156.—Rosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 242
(1863).—Id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 126.—Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 173 (1865).—Schl. Mus. P.-B., Coraces, p. 82
(1867).—Wall. Malay Arch. ii. pp. 394, 419 (1869).—Schl. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. pp. 17, 49
(1871).—Murie, Ibis, 1873, p. 203.—Bruijn, P. Z.S. 1875, p. 30.—Meyer, t. c. p. 469.—Rosenb.
Reist. naar de Geelvinkb. pp. 17, 56 (1875).—Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. pp. 781, 899 (1875).—
Gould, B. New Guinea, i. pls. 28, 29 (1879).—Rosenb. Malay. Arch. p. 555 (1879).

Paradisea smaragdina minor, Dumont, Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. xxxvii. p. 504 (1826).—Drap. Dict. Class. xiii. p. 46.

Paradisea apoda feem., Wagl. Syst. Av., gen. Paradisea, sp. 1 (1827). :

| Paradisea papuensis, Less. Man. d’Orn. i. p. 392 (1828).—Voigt, Cuv. Uebers. p. 615 (1831).—S. Mull.

| Verhandl. Land- en Volkenk. pp. 22, 70 (1839-44).—Gray, P. Z. 8. 1858, p. 193—Id. Cat. B. New

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Guin. p. 58 (1859).
Oiseau de Paradis petit-émeraude, Less. Voy. Coq., Zool. i. pt. 2, pp. 446, 654, 655 (1828).
Paradisea apoda, Garn. (nec Linn.) Voy. Coq., Zool. i. pt. 2, p. 596 (1828).
Oiseau de Paradis émeraude, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol., Zool. i. p. 155 (1830).

 

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Tue Lesser Bird of Paradise is, as its name implies, a smaller bird than P. ae a Be
isti i 1 Be ar -brown like the rest oi the
distinguished by having the mantle of a dull straw-colour and not maroon-brown i es
T me iffers fr ie female o
back. The wing-coverts are also more or less straw-coloured. The female differs from é
P. apoda in having the breast white instead of maroon-brown. .
i rt and western portions of New Guinea
The range of this species appears to be confined to the northern anc ey pete
i it 1 agradisea finse yer, an ,
and the island of Mysol. In German New Guinea it is replaced by Paradisea finschi of Meyer, ¢
island of Jobi by P. Jobiénsis of Rothschild.

 

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