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THE BIRD OF PARADISE. 



The Greater Bird of Paradise, of which there 

 are two varieties, breeds in New Guinea, and 

 lives there during the wet monsoon, but during 

 the dry monsoon it inhabits the islands of Ar- 

 rou, about a hundred and forty miles eastward. 

 They migrate in flocks of thirty or forty, and 

 have a leader which the Indians call the King. 

 He is described as being black, with red spots, 

 and as soaring far above the flock, which never 

 quit him, but always settle where he does. 



