268 VERTEBRATA. AVES. 



Paradisea* the Bird of Paradise. 



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BIRDS OF PARADISE (P. Apoda AND P. Superba). 



The occasional introduction into Europe of muti- 

 lated skins of these magnificent birds, coming from 

 the farthest islands of the gorgeous East, had for 

 a long time given just sufficient knowledge of them 

 to found and build up a fanciful and extravagant 

 theory of their faculties and habits. The unsightly 



* UatKro;, Paradeisos* Paradise. 



