Epimachus (epimakus)

[NL. (Cuvier, 1817), appar. Plume-bird (Epimachus speciosus). ily Epimachinæ, having a slender bill, densely feathered nostrils, and and highly developed plu mage of the wings and tail, which latter is several times longer than the body; the plume-birds proper. The superb plume-bird or grand promerops of New Guinea, E. speciosus, E. maximus, or E. superb us, is the type species; E. ellioti is another species. Also called Cinnamolegus. epimacus (e-pim'a-kus), n.; pl. epimaci (-sī). [Appar. for epimachus,