THE BIRD OF PARADISE. 



1 The Emerald. 2 The Sidet. 3 The Incomparable. I Tho Oloudy. 5 The Superb. 



Among the feathered glories of creation the Birds of Paradise take the first rank. Nature has lavished 

 upon them the most attractive graces of plumage. From the practice of the natives of New Guinea of 

 cutting off their legs, before selling their skins to travellers, it was once believed, in Europe, that they had 

 no r eet, but flow continually in the air, and fed oh morning dew. 



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