. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . •y^r- ,^/^^ci an^^ A ^^. / tT^trel of- £^rcidiJ€^. (^jfleazar^ ^t/^vn Q/^e/. ,Je^. 74. JJ^ ( 9 ) l^he Bird of Paradife, Numb. IX. THE Mmiucodiata^ or Bird of Paradife, for bignefs and fhape ofBody, comes near to a Swallow: The Feathers invefting it are offeveral Colours, very beautiful and lovely to behold: The Headlike that of a Swallow, and large for the fmallnefs of the Body; theBill fomewhat longer than that of the Swallow. No Icfs than ten fortsof Birds of Paradife are defcr
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . •y^r- ,^/^^ci an^^ A ^^. / tT^trel of- £^rcidiJ€^. (^jfleazar^ ^t/^vn Q/^e/. ,Je^. 74. JJ^ ( 9 ) l^he Bird of Paradife, Numb. IX. THE Mmiucodiata^ or Bird of Paradife, for bignefs and fhape ofBody, comes near to a Swallow: The Feathers invefting it are offeveral Colours, very beautiful and lovely to behold: The Headlike that of a Swallow, and large for the fmallnefs of the Body; theBill fomewhat longer than that of the Swallow. No Icfs than ten fortsof Birds of Paradife are defcribed by Naturaiifts; which differ in Size,Figure, or Colour, from each other. There has been divers Stories deli-vered by the antient Authors concerning thefe Birds, that in formerAges were generally received and accepted for true, even by Men ofLearning, which are now difcovered to be Fables, and rejeded and ex-ploded by all Men: Such as their wanting Feet and Legs; that they livedupon Celeftial Dew ; that they flew perpetually without any Intermiffion,and took no reft but on High in the Air, their Wings being fpread; thatthey wer
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