The child's book of nature for the use of families and schools : intended to aid mothers and teachers in training children in the observation of nature . .... r^ in their plumage in every va-riety of manner, and there areall shades of the colors, fromthe most brilliant to the mostdelicate. Commonly the greatest dis-play in the plumage of birdsis in the delicate and downyfeathers of the breast. Butthe bird that you see here, thehoopoe, has its chief beauty inits crest, which is of an orangecolor tipped with black. It isone of the most elegant of birds. BEAUTY OF THE COVEEINGS OF ANIMALS. 155 Th
The child's book of nature for the use of families and schools : intended to aid mothers and teachers in training children in the observation of nature . .... r^ in their plumage in every va-riety of manner, and there areall shades of the colors, fromthe most brilliant to the mostdelicate. Commonly the greatest dis-play in the plumage of birdsis in the delicate and downyfeathers of the breast. Butthe bird that you see here, thehoopoe, has its chief beauty inits crest, which is of an orangecolor tipped with black. It isone of the most elegant of birds. BEAUTY OF THE COVEEINGS OF ANIMALS. 155 The beauty of the peacock. Its pride. Its disagreeable voice. In the peacock, a drawing of which you have here, there is agreat display of colors. The animal struts about, and, liftingits tail in the air, spreads it like a fan, and seems to be very fool-. ishly proud of its beauty. Proud people generally have some-thing disagreeable about them, and so it is with the peacock. 156 BEATTTY OF THE COVERINGS OF ANIMALS. A bird-of-paradise. Its cleanliness. Its voice is so harsh and screeching that no one wants it in hisneighborhood. Birds-of-paradise, as they are called, are exceedingly are several kindsof them. The most com-mon kind is the onepictured here. I willgive you an idea of itscolors. Most of its bodyis a rich brown; thethroat is a golden green;the head is yellow; thelong, downy feathersthat you see so abun-dant about the tail are ofa soft yellow color. Thiselegant bird is very care-ful to prevent the leastspeck of dirt from get-ting on its plumage;and when it sits on a branch of a tree it always faces the wind,so that its feathers may not be ruffled. There is, I think, in the humming-birds more variety of colorthan in any other kind of birds. The colors are very brilliant,especially upon the delicate feathers of t
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