. . fibers of roots. The single egg laid is of a very darkcolor, appearing as if it had been blotched over wuth young emerges from the egg a downy white ball, per-fectly helpless, and remains in the nest for several food seems to consist of insects, myriapods, and snails,of which large quantities must be destroyed to satisfy a birdof this size. Lynds Jones. THE RED BIRD OF PARADISE* Birds of Paradise are found only in Xew Guinea andon the neighboring islands. The species presented here isfound only on a few islands.
. . fibers of roots. The single egg laid is of a very darkcolor, appearing as if it had been blotched over wuth young emerges from the egg a downy white ball, per-fectly helpless, and remains in the nest for several food seems to consist of insects, myriapods, and snails,of which large quantities must be destroyed to satisfy a birdof this size. Lynds Jones. THE RED BIRD OF PARADISE* Birds of Paradise are found only in Xew Guinea andon the neighboring islands. The species presented here isfound only on a few islands. In former days very singular ideas prevailed concern-ing these birds, and the most extravagant tales were toldof the life they led in their native lands. The natives ofNew Guinea, in preparing their skins for exportation, hadremoved all traces of legs, so that it was popularly sup-posed they possessed none, and on account of their want offeet and their great beauty, they were called birds of para-dise, retaining, it was thought, the forms they had borne in s:. i
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