20 WHERE TO FIND THE BIRDS OF PARADISE. 



skulls of men of another tribe, whom the Papuan 

 has killed in battle. 



New Guinea is a very interesting place to the 

 naturalist. Here are many curious insects, such 

 as are found nowhere else. And here, and in the 

 islands close by, called the Aru Islands, are found 

 the Birds of Paradise. They live nowhere else. 



The eager naturalist who wishes to possess 

 them, or to see them in their native haunts, must 

 track them to this far-off land ; but the dangers 

 and trials of such a journey are very great. It 

 was not till within the last few years that the 

 way was opened by an enterprising traveller,* 

 who went on a voyage of discovery. He came 

 to this very spot, to obtain specimens of the 

 Birds of Paradise, and to study their habits. If 

 we follow in his steps, we shall behold many 

 curious scenes, and visit places hitherto unknown. 



* A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



