. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. RED BIRD OF PAnADISE.âi'«m<;iMa rubra. each fcatlier Tlie breast tuft, however, forms an exception to this rule, being of the most brilliant steely green, glittering with gem-like radiance in the sunbeams. Althou^^h it is not a very large bird, measuring only nine inches in total length, it is really not so very closerse" ^''"' *" ^^''^ ^'^'^ruld Paradise Bird, as its tail is short and its plumage The last species of birds which will be mentioned in these pages is the
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. RED BIRD OF PAnADISE.âi'«m<;iMa rubra. each fcatlier Tlie breast tuft, however, forms an exception to this rule, being of the most brilliant steely green, glittering with gem-like radiance in the sunbeams. Althou^^h it is not a very large bird, measuring only nine inches in total length, it is really not so very closerse" ^''"' *" ^^''^ ^'^'^ruld Paradise Bird, as its tail is short and its plumage The last species of birds which will be mentioned in these pages is the Ked Bird of Paradise. 'â ^ Allhoughnot possessed ci such dazzling and refulgent plumage as characterises several ot 1 s kin, It IS yet a most beautiful bird, and both for the soft delicate i)urity of the tints ^vltll which It is )rn(M, and the harmony of their arrangement, may challenge cumi)e- titum with any ot the leathered race. In size it is about equal to n small pigeon. The forehead and dun are clotiied with velvet-like feathers of the intensest green! so arranged as to torni a kind of double nt. the forehead, and a .sharply defined gorget on die throat. The head, back, and shoulders, together with a band round the neck immediatoly below the green gorget, arc rich orange-yello^v, golden in the centre and tinged with. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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