Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 681
DISE. the six-shafted bird of paradise are without peeramong the feathered inhabitants of our woodsand fields. More familiar, but perhaps equallyattractive, are the wood-ducks flowing plumes,the California valley-partridges jaunty crest, andthe famous aigret of the egret. While all can readily… … THE KING OF SAXONY BIRD OF PARADISE. markings, as among the blackbirds. But nature,appreciating this opportunity for decoration,has made these appendages the objects of herspecial attention. It is the rule, rather than theexception, for a birds tail to be so marked orcolored as to give the…
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