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to give a performance—maybe the green shade reminds him 
of his former home in the depths of a tropical forest. 
He always commences his display by giving forth several 
short separate notes and squeaks, sometimes resembling 
the call of a Quail, sometimes the whine of a pet dog. Next 
he spreads out his wings, occasionally quite hiding his head 
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The King Bird-of-Paradise. (Full display.) 
(text-fig. 8, p. 226); at times, stretched upright, he flaps 
them, as if he intended to take flight, and then, with a sudden 
movement, gives himself a half-turn so that he faces 
the spectators, puffing out his silky-white lower feathers 
(Plate V.). Now he bursts out into his beautiful melodious 
warbling song, so enchanting to hear but so diificult to 
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