. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. til. â â â ',' 1 'l»7 >N -. - -» INCOMPABAnLK niRI) OF l'.\l!.\l)ISi:,-/',im«/,>r, nnlnrbi. Anotheii spocios of these womloiful birds is m-c11 represented in tlio aceoiii- imnviii^' illustration. This is tlu! In- rOAII'AK'AllM': IJIKD OF TaUADISK, ftlso an inhaliituiit of New (Jiiinea. 'I'liis l)ird is renuirkahlo not only for tlio i^lorimis iridescent splendour of its robes, but for the extraordinary develop, nieiit of its tail and tlie velvety crest on its bead, wbicli would render i
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. til. â â â ',' 1 'l»7 >N -. - -» INCOMPABAnLK niRI) OF l'.\l!.\l)ISi:,-/',im«/,>r, nnlnrbi. Anotheii spocios of these womloiful birds is m-c11 represented in tlio aceoiii- imnviii^' illustration. This is tlu! In- rOAII'AK'AllM': IJIKD OF TaUADISK, ftlso an inhaliituiit of New (Jiiinea. 'I'liis l)ird is renuirkahlo not only for tlio i^lorimis iridescent splendour of its robes, but for the extraordinary develop, nieiit of its tail and tlie velvety crest on its bead, wbicli would render it a truly beautiful bird even were tlie pluinnnu a sober black or brown. Indeed, on first .seeini,' ou(! of tliese birds, it is dillieultto lieliev<i tbat it is not altoi,'etlier a " iiiadu- np" specimen, composed, like the many mermnids now in existence, of jjortions taken from did'erent s])ecies and inire- niously ]iut to^etlier. "We are accustomed by our knowledi,'e of the pcMxcock to see n bird with a dispropoiiionately loiii' train, but in this case th(! true taib feathers arc developed both in len(,'th and width to such an extent that they liardly seem to have started from the littht body to which tlaiy belong. Tiie true position of this s])ccios has boon much doubted by naturalists, some having considered it to be analogous to tlie thrushes, and having accordingly placed it near those birds, -while othei-s have ranked it among the Taradiso Birds, but have made it into a fresh genus. There seems, however, no real cause for removing it from the other Taradise I'irds, anil thus increasing the number of genera, which is already allowed to be far too large. As it is l)y no means a connnon bird, and the natives of New Guinea are not observant naturalists, caring nothing for the birds but the price whicli is paid for their .skins, very little is kniiwn of its habits. The tail of this sjx'cies is fully three times as long as the body, the head is ornam
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