BIRDS OF PARADISE. 473 
Among Birds of Paradise the most remarkable is Pavadisca apoda, 
the Great Emerald, as it is sometimes called (Fig. 192), the throat 
and neck of which are of a bright emerald green, from which circum- 
stance it has received this name, while on its sides are shaded tufts of 
yellow feathers, which float on the breeze, forming an elegant aérial 
Fig. 192.—The Great Emerald. 
plume, and giving the bird a meteor look as it shoots through the 
air. They live in flocks in the vast Papuan forests. When prepared 
for migration—for they change their quarters with the monsoons— 
the females assemble in small flocks on the tops of the loftiest trees, 
and call their males, each flock of fourteen or fifteen being attended 
by one. 
‘ The King Bird of Paradise (Paradisea regia, Fig. 193) 1s a 
rare bird, inhabiting the Molucca Islands. Little is known of its 
