Plate 19. 



/ . 'ri-een, Jim., adapted from G. E. Lodge and others. 



.^UME OF FORTUNE'S FAVOURITES. 

 The Birds-of-Paradise have few rivals in the matter of ornament. In the centre of this 

 plate are seen the Lesssr and the King Bird-of-Paradise displaying (after G. E. Lodge). The 

 first-named is distinguished by the enormous development of the side plumes, which can 

 be raised high above the back. In the second, the ornaments take the form of erectile 

 frills on each side of the breast, and strangely modified tail-feathers which end in curious 

 discs. At the top left-hand corner is the King of Saxony's Bird-of-Paradise ; on the right 

 is the Long-tailed Bird-of-Paradise ; at the bottom of the page, from left to right, are 

 Hunstein's, the Six-wired, and Superb Bird-of-Paradise. 



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