Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . i«.ii!vf:j (Ml iipi 111 fffiiiii 1. ,1 WfSi ?•9i: <.? t;!!|ll|li W iS^-i,;./ i:i lil li . ,.«*.- ??at J I P#^, ??? .lr;,:.)=i|ili|li 1 kM + .* A*i!W^: ?^5-- ^•-?j ?*—t-i:;ii5^ J- Uf i^l r.^c-Ai-a** •?? ?? •? ?ir;il*^iii IV , FAUNA 383 family. The extraordinary development of these defenceless birdsindicates that they have but few enemies in Australia. Wallace givesas the reason for their great numbers the total absence of apes, cats,weasels, and other animals that live i
Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . i«.ii!vf:j (Ml iipi 111 fffiiiii 1. ,1 WfSi ?•9i: <.? t;!!|ll|li W iS^-i,;./ i:i lil li . ,.«*.- ??at J I P#^, ??? .lr;,:.)=i|ili|li 1 kM + .* A*i!W^: ?^5-- ^•-?j ?*—t-i:;ii5^ J- Uf i^l r.^c-Ai-a** •?? ?? •? ?ir;il*^iii IV , FAUNA 383 family. The extraordinary development of these defenceless birdsindicates that they have but few enemies in Australia. Wallace givesas the reason for their great numbers the total absence of apes, cats,weasels, and other animals that live in trees and that eat the eggsand the young of birds, while the very green colour of thesebirds conceals them from birds of prey, their only foes. On theplains in the interior of Queensland countless numbers of pigeonsare seen, but of modest-coloured plumage, to protect them in thisopen country. Many of the Australian birds are distinguished for their brilliantplumage, and in this respect they easily rank with the humming-birds of America and with the trogons and parrots of India. Thuswe have the elegant little wrens whose leading colours are azure-blueand scarlet-red; the yellow and velvety black regent-bird {Sericuhismelinus); and the metallic glittering rifle-bird {Ptilorhis vidorice); andfinally, the finches, that have a combinatio
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