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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on the Display 



after the second or third repetition, the wings are suddenly 

 held out in a semi-vertical position on either side of the 

 body, the tail is bent forward under the perch, and, with a 

 quick shuffle of the plumage, the side-plumes are erected and 

 form an arched cascade over the back, meeting one another 

 in the middle line and completely hiding the depressed tail 

 when the bird is viewed from behind. 



Text-fisr. 24. 



Paradisea minor. 

 (First stage of the display.) 



In this position the bird appears to be on the point of 

 falling backwards, and the legs form a horizontal right-angle 

 with the perch, the whole weight of the body being apparently 

 supported by the strong toes, which grasp the branch with all 



