. The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. Natural history; Ethnology. 562 The Bieds of Paeadise. over the upper part of the back. Beneath this, and forming a band about one-third of an inch beyond it, is a second man- tle of rich, glossy, reddish-brown feathers. The rest of the back is orange-brown, the tail-coverts and tail dark bronzy, the wings light orange-buff. The whole under surface is cov- ered vrith an abundance of plumage springing from the mar- gins of the breast, and of a rich deep green co
. The Malay Archipelago : the land of the oranguatan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. Natural history; Ethnology. 562 The Bieds of Paeadise. over the upper part of the back. Beneath this, and forming a band about one-third of an inch beyond it, is a second man- tle of rich, glossy, reddish-brown feathers. The rest of the back is orange-brown, the tail-coverts and tail dark bronzy, the wings light orange-buff. The whole under surface is cov- ered vrith an abundance of plumage springing from the mar- gins of the breast, and of a rich deep green color, with change- able hues of purple. Down the middle of the breast is a broad band of scaly plumes of the same color, while the chin and throat are of a rich metallic bronze. From the middle of the tail spring two narrow feathers of a rich steel blue, and about. THE MAGNIFICENT BIED OF PARADISE (JDiphyllodeS SpeciOSO). ten inches long. These are webbed on the inner side only, and curve outward, so as to form a double circle. From what we know of the habits of allied species, we may be sure that the greatly developed plumage of this bird is erected and displayed in some remarkable manner. The mass of feathers on the under surface are probably expanded into a hemisphere, while the beautiful yeUow mantle is no doubt ele- vated so as to give the bird^ a very different appearance from that which it presents in the dried and flattened skins of the natives, through which alone it is at present known. The feet appear to be dark blue. This rare and elegant little bird is found only on the main- land of New Guinea, and in the island of MysoL. 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 Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913. New York : Harper
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