CEAPTER PV 
The Lesser, Black, Blue, and Golden 
Birds of Paradise 
NOW I have told you about two very beautiful 
Birds of Paradise, and in this chapter I shall tell you 
about some others; at least I shall try to tell you 
what they are like, because not so very much is 
known about their habits, what they do, or how 
they live. That is because they live in such wild 
parts of the world, in such deep, dense forests, and 
on such high, steep hills. Not many travellers have 
been into these out-of-the-way places, and those that 
have gone there, instead of trying to watch them 
and find out all about them—which would have been 
so interesting—have shot at them with their guns 
whenever they have seen them, and have either killed 
them or driven them away. It is not by killing 
birds or by driving them away that you can find out 
much about their habits. 
It would be much better if these travellers were 
to take a good pair of glasses and were to sit down 
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