. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. *|. IN SUM ATI? A. 131 examined, the greater is seen to be the extreme chasteness oftheir markings, and their rich, varied and harmonious alarmed the Argus escapes by running through thethick underscrub, when the brilliancy of its plumage, by bein°-gathered close about its body, is quite concealed. Till I had observed it at a later period, I was not aware of itshabit of making a large circus, some ten to twelve feet indiameter, in the forest, which it clears of eve
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. *|. IN SUM ATI? A. 131 examined, the greater is seen to be the extreme chasteness oftheir markings, and their rich, varied and harmonious alarmed the Argus escapes by running through thethick underscrub, when the brilliancy of its plumage, by bein°-gathered close about its body, is quite concealed. Till I had observed it at a later period, I was not aware of itshabit of making a large circus, some ten to twelve feet indiameter, in the forest, which it clears of every leaf and twigand branch, till the ground is perfectly swept and the margin of this circus there is invariably a projectingbranch or high-arched root, at a few feet elevation above theground, on which the female bird takes its place, while in thering the male—the male birds alone possess great decoration—shows off all its magnificence for the gratification and pleasureof his consort, and to exalt himself in her eyes. It is a strangefact that when the male bird has been caught—these birdsare m
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