. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. You see hes not a whit behind the rest of the family in beauty,and his six head ornaments make him very curious besides. His . FY FEATHERS AXD FUR. 129 color is a beautiful velvety black, with throat and breast of richgold color. He has also his fan-like plumes on the side, somethinglike the King Bird. But the six long wire-like feathers, with theirbits of feathers at the end, are not known to exist on anv otherbird. They can be lifted up, as in the picture, or drooped overhis back, as he likes. Very little is known about his habi Ther
. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. You see hes not a whit behind the rest of the family in beauty,and his six head ornaments make him very curious besides. His . FY FEATHERS AXD FUR. 129 color is a beautiful velvety black, with throat and breast of richgold color. He has also his fan-like plumes on the side, somethinglike the King Bird. But the six long wire-like feathers, with theirbits of feathers at the end, are not known to exist on anv otherbird. They can be lifted up, as in the picture, or drooped overhis back, as he likes. Very little is known about his habi There are several other kinds of Birds of Paradise, perhapsas strange and beautiful as these. 130 LITTLE FOLKS
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