. A general history of birds . er, differs in having the whole of the head and neck the JPl. enlum. it may be observed, that the brilliant gold-greenfeathers, which there appear to lie flat, with one point towards eachthigh, if elevated in preparing the skin for preservation, wouldappear like that figured by Levaillant; but how far these are erectedin the living state, and what purpose they may answer, is not easilydetermined. The two tufts abovementioned in the last-named authorsfigure of the bird, appear as two immense wings, of double the sizeof the true wings, and elevated to a co
. A general history of birds . er, differs in having the whole of the head and neck the JPl. enlum. it may be observed, that the brilliant gold-greenfeathers, which there appear to lie flat, with one point towards eachthigh, if elevated in preparing the skin for preservation, wouldappear like that figured by Levaillant; but how far these are erectedin the living state, and what purpose they may answer, is not easilydetermined. The two tufts abovementioned in the last-named authorsfigure of the bird, appear as two immense wings, of double the sizeof the true wings, and elevated to a considerable extent above thehead, spreading out on each side; but whether the bird has thefaculty of doing this, or for what purpose, is not for us to and the Superb are probably only one Species; but it does notappear, from what we are able to collect, that the feathers of the bellyin the former, although of a most splendid bright green, aredivisible into the elevated wing-like appearance abovementioned. (:^i!^M^ ^^aA^^^y^^f^^ PARADISE BIRD. 193 10.—HACKLED PARADISE BIRD.—Pl. xlvi. LENGTH ten inches. Bill one inch and a quarter long, atrifle bent, and dusky, the base surrounded with velvet-like blackfeathers, covering- the nostrils; top of the head, even with the eye,and to the beginning of the back, deep green, varying to brightgreen in some lights; the feathers of a plush-like texture; those onthe hind part of the neck are long, pointed, and like hackles, but onthe chin and throat they are similar to those on the crown, and bothappear, in some lights, to be scaly, either indigo or green, and glossy,like metal; on each side of the neck is a stripe of blue, dividing thegreen above and below, and coming forwards to the breast, whereit occupies a broad space; on the middle of the crown arise fourbristles, near two inches long, tending backwards; upper part ofthe back, and wings, greenish black, in some lights appearing quiteblack; from the breast to th
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