Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 366
TING MIRAGE IN THE WINTER. The King Albert Bird of Paradise, * pic-tured herewith, was first discovered and namedby Dr. A. B. Meyer of Dresden; but as regardsthe habits of this bird very little is known. The bird is supposed to be a mountainspecies, as the long streamers with which itshead is… … THE LITTLE FLAG-SHIP OF THE AIR. He is described as having forty of theselittle flags on each branch or stalk, which inmany cases is about three times as long as hisbody. The little flags or horny plates are whiteglazed with blue on their upper or outside sur-face, while underneath their color is a…
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