V. 

 THE RED BIRD OF PARADISE. 



MATURE has not given to the Bird of 

 Paradise any musical powers. His voice 

 is curious, but not at all harmonious. 

 Early in the morning, a loud, harsh note 

 is heard to resound through the forest, as though 

 some one were crying out " "Wok ! " " wok ! " It is 

 the morning cry of the Great Bird of Paradise, as 

 he wakes up to seek his breakfast from the trees. 



It is a signal for the forest cries to begin, and 

 soon a chorus sounds from branch and bush. 

 Parrots chatter and scream. All kinds of birds 

 chirp or whistle, or utter their morning notes, until 

 the noise is almost deafening. 



