. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 21U.—Head of (ircat Horned Uwl. 2fiS Heads and Necks 269 is indescribable, resemblin<r the sheen of emeralds <-ind 1,,-paz, rather than any organic substance. ()\ei- the forehead is a patch of pure while feathers, which shine likesatin; and from the sides of tlie Iiead spring the six won-derful Fig. 211 —Six-shafted Bird of Paradise (a inoiiuted hird). (From a pliutcgraph provided by the American Museum of Natural History.) Head decorations reach the of stranoeness inthe King of Saxonys Bird of Paradise. The l)iid itselfis sombre-
. The bird, its form and function . Fig. 21U.—Head of (ircat Horned Uwl. 2fiS Heads and Necks 269 is indescribable, resemblin<r the sheen of emeralds <-ind 1,,-paz, rather than any organic substance. ()\ei- the forehead is a patch of pure while feathers, which shine likesatin; and from the sides of tlie Iiead spring the six won-derful Fig. 211 —Six-shafted Bird of Paradise (a inoiiuted hird). (From a pliutcgraph provided by the American Museum of Natural History.) Head decorations reach the of stranoeness inthe King of Saxonys Bird of Paradise. The l)iid itselfis sombre-hued and small, about tlie size of our robin,with nothing unusual about its appearance, except forthe two streamers springing from opposite sides of the 270 The Bird head. The} are twice (or more) the length of the body,and, far from being feather-Hke, they are best describedas a series of thirty or forty tiny flags of blue enamel,each separate, each hanging pendent from the mainshaft (Fig. 212). It would seem as if Nature herselfcould go no farther in unusual decoration than this.
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