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all their charms, to the admiration of the females who sit 

 by, watching the performance. They are not very wild 

 at such times, and we had no trouble in approaching the 

 "play trees." Even when shot at they soon return, 

 and we sometimes got half there were in a tree. It is 



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a rare sight to watch these superb birds flutter about 

 in the trees. Their plumes almost hide them, when 

 spread, and the body only of the bird can be seen in 

 the centre of a red halo, which is constantly in motion. 

 They are very noisy ; and their voice is harsh and dis- 

 cordant, resembling our common crow, only not so 

 loud. 



To enumerate and describe all the birds we obtained 



