VIII. 

 BIKDS THAT NO WHITE MAN HAS SEEK 



|OU must not suppose that the beautiful 

 birds you have seen in the Pictures 

 include the whole family of the Birds of 

 Paradise. This is far from being the 

 case. Many birds, of most lovely and exquisite 

 plumage, flit about in remote and secluded spots, 

 and have never been beheld by the white man. 

 He can only judge of their appearance by the few 

 smoke-dried specimens that are procured from the 

 natives, and which give but a slight idea of the 

 splendour of the living birds. Still, we are glad 

 to know that such rare and beautiful creatures 



