. The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. Natural history; Ethnology. The Six-Shafted Bikd of Paeadise. 565 are scaled with broad flat feathers of an intense golden hue, changing to green and blue tints in certain lights. On the back of the head is a broad recurved band of feathers, whose brilliancy is indescribable, resembling the sheen of emerald and topaz rather than any organic substance. Over the fore- head is a large patch of pure white feathers, which shine like satin; and from the sides of the
. The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. Natural history; Ethnology. The Six-Shafted Bikd of Paeadise. 565 are scaled with broad flat feathers of an intense golden hue, changing to green and blue tints in certain lights. On the back of the head is a broad recurved band of feathers, whose brilliancy is indescribable, resembling the sheen of emerald and topaz rather than any organic substance. Over the fore- head is a large patch of pure white feathers, which shine like satin; and from the sides of the head spring the six wonder- ful feathers from which the bird receives its name. These are slender wires, six inches long, with a small oval web at the ex- tremity. In addition to these ornaments, there is also an im- mense tuft of soft feathers on each side of the breast, which. THE SIX-SHAFTED BIRD OF PARADISE when elevated must entirely hide the wings, and give the bird an appearance of being double its real bulk. The bill is black, short, and rather compressed, with the feathers advancing over the nostrils, as in Cicinnurus regius. This singular and bril- liant bird inhabits the same region .as the Superb Bird of Paradise, and nothing whatever is known about it but what we can derive from an examination of the skins preserved by the natives of New Guinea. The Standard Wing, named Semioptera wallacei by Mr. G. E. Gray, is an entirely new form of Bird of Paradise, dis-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913. New York : Harper
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