. Maine ornithologist and oologist . forks of a bough hv the Gariaud. Maine. ^-r ■ ..:^^? TKE MAINE i>^^. Ornithologist and Oologist. ^^^ GARL \ JAX, 1n91. NO. XT The Birds of Faadise. KV nOHKHTK. SCOHSO. 1 of thcin asserted the bird speut itsentire life tloaliiiji- ihroiigh tlie tiir,j feeding onlv on the dews otheaveii andnever resting below. Others said itsThis genets of birds has, by common f»kod coisif ted f»f flying insccts. and itconsent, received the title of Kiids of did rest, snspeudiugit self hyits longParadise. They are the most beau-i tail-feath?rs to the top
. Maine ornithologist and oologist . forks of a bough hv the Gariaud. Maine. ^-r ■ ..:^^? TKE MAINE i>^^. Ornithologist and Oologist. ^^^ GARL \ JAX, 1n91. NO. XT The Birds of Faadise. KV nOHKHTK. SCOHSO. 1 of thcin asserted the bird speut itsentire life tloaliiiji- ihroiigh tlie tiir,j feeding onlv on the dews otheaveii andnever resting below. Others said itsThis genets of birds has, by common f»kod coisif ted f»f flying insccts. and itconsent, received the title of Kiids of did rest, snspeudiugit self hyits longParadise. They are the most beau-i tail-feath?rs to the top most branches oftitul members of the feathered tribe ;■ the tallest trees in the forest. And stillalthongli perhaps in every otiier re- other* advancedhe+Vibulous theory that spci except beauty, theyare mt)re closely allied lothe Crow family than anyother known bird. Their are no birds thatliave puzzled,,the Natur-alist so much astliese. Many yenrs ago a num-ber of skins were taken toKnjrland bv the native.^ of Malucca these birds lived withoutany food whatever. These errors, however, were short lived, and time nas discovirrd tJiat these biids have legs and very strong ones to. The largest and mostcommon ol this lamilv. isis the Great bird ofPar-adise/or the Emerald bird Previous to that time the most exciting of Paradise as it is sometimes ^s of (hcse beautiiul bird existed.! It is about eighteen in. from tip ol beak to(»\Ting to the fact that the Natives while*?xtremitv of rail ;the bdv, winjrs, andpreserving the skins had carefully cut tail are of a rich coffee-brown runnintr toof their legs, and when brou;:ht to N^ beautiful pnrjde-bi-(nyn. The breast, the purchaser seeing >i witiiout t^P ^d the head, and the neck, are of alegs nafuralv ashed after them : the na- delicate straw-color and s^o slioit and tivesat once said they did nothaveany,that aroused tUfi. curiosity «f the En- close set that they resemble plu^h, .)rvelvet. Tfjeiower p
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