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with spirals of iridescent green. He commenced moulting 
in January, and regained his brilliant plumage by the 
middle of March, since which time he has remained in the 
most perfect condition. : 
It was not until April that we first noticed any signs of a 
wish to display, and then only on one or two occasions, with 
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The King Bird-of-Paradise. (First stage of display.) 
many days’ interval between. On these occasions he gave 
only a single performance—but now in August we can get 
him to give us encore after encore any day that we wish. 
We have found that to place the bird near a window which 
is close to some mulberry-trees, and throws a reflected 
green light on the cage, is a sure means of inducing him 
