MANUCODE  , from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, an See also:

• ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

abbreviation of Menu codiata, and the Latinized See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• MALAY

Malay Manukdewata, meaning, says See also:

• CRAWFURD, JOHN (1783-1868)

Crawfurd (Malay and Engl . See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, p . 97), the " See also:

• BIRD

bird of the gods," and a name applied for more than two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years apparently to birds-of-See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

paradise in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . In the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original sense of its inventor, Montbeillard (Hist. nat. oiseaux, 163), Manucode was restricted to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king birdof-paradise and three allied See also:

• SPECIES

species; but in See also:

• ENGLISH

English it has curiously been transferred 1 to a small See also:

• GROUP

group of species whose 1 Manucodiata was. used by M . J . See also:

• BRISSON, EUGENE HENRI (1835– )
• BRISSON, MATHURIN JACQUES (1723-1806)

Brisson (Ornithologie, ii . 130) as a generic See also:

• TERM

term See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to the Lim-mean Paradisea . In 1783 Boddaert, when assigning scientific names to the birds figured by See also:

• DAUBENTON

Daubenton, called the subject of one of them (Pl. enlum . 634) Manucodia chalybea, the first word being apparently an accidental curtailment of the name of Brisson's genus to which he referred it . Nevertheless some writers have taken it as See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, of an intention to found a new genus py that name, and hence the importation of Manucodia into scientific nomenclature, and the English form to correspond.relationship to theParadiseidae has been frequently doubted, and must be • considered uncertain . These manucodes have a glossy See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel-See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue plumage of much beauty, but are distinguished from other birds of similar coloration. by the See also:

• OUTER

outer and See also:

• MIDDLE

middle toes being See also:

• UNITED

united for some distance, and by the extraordinary convolution of the trachea, in the See also:

• MALES

males at least, with which is correlated the 'loud and clear See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice of the birds . The See also:

• CON

con-voluted portion of the trachea lies on the See also:

• BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast, between the skin and the muscles, much as is found in the See also:

• FEMALES

females of the painted snipes (Rostratula), in the males of the curassows (Cracidae), and in a few other' birds, ' but wholly unknown elsewhere among the Passeres .

Thee manucodes are See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to' the Papuan sub-region (including therein the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of Cape 'See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York), and comprehend, according' to R . B . See also:

• SHARPE, DANIEL (18o6-1856)

Sharpe (See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

Cat . B . Brit . Museum, iii . 164), two genera, for the first of which, distinguished by the elongated' tufts on the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head; he adopts R . P . See also:

• LESSON (through Fr. lecon from Lat. lectio, reading; legere, to read)

Lesson's name Phonygama, and for the second, having no tufts, but the feathers of the head crisped, that of 'Manucodia; and W . A . See also:

• FORBES
• FORBES, ALEXANDER PENROSE (1817-1875)
• FORBES, ARCHIBALD (1838-1900)
• FORBES, DAVID (1828--1876)
• FORBES, DUNCAN
• FORBES, EDWARD (1815—1854)
• FORBES, JAMES DAVID (1809—1868)
• FORBES, SIR JOHN (1787—1861)

Forbes (Prot . 'See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool .

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• SOC

Soc . 1882, p . 349) observed that the validity of the separation was con-firmed by their tracheal formation . Of Phonygama Sharpe recognizes three species, P. keraudreni (the type) and P. jamesi, both from New See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea, and' P. gouldi, the Australian representative species; but the first two are considered by D . G . Elliot (See also:

• IBIS

Ibis . 1878, p . 56) and See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Salvadori (Ornitol. della Papuasia, ii . 510) to be inseparable . ' There is a greater unanimity in regard' to the species of the so-called genus Manucodia proper,- of ' which four are admitted—M. chalybeata or chalybea from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western New Guinea, M. comriei from the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• PART

part of the same See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, M. atra of wide See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution within the Papuan See also:

• AREA

area, and M. jobiensis peculiar to the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island which "gives it a name . Little is known of the habits of these birds, except that they are, as already mentioned, remarkable for their vocal See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, which, in P. keraudreni, Lesson describes (Voy. de la Coquille, " Zoologie," i . 638) as enabling them to pass through every See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of the See also:

• GAMUT (from the Greek letter gamma, used as a musical symbol, and ut, the first syllable of the medieval hymn Sanctus Johannes)

gamut .

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