Notes



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Small Bird House at the Zoological Gardens, has recently completed

its moult and is now in quite perfect plumage, and I have on several

occasions lately witnessed its display, which is entirely different to

that of any other Paradise Bird with which I am acquainted. This is

a bird of many colours, but the most conspicuous features of its plumage



are the breast shield of rich green and the fan-shaped shield of pale

straw-coloured feathers which grows from the hind neck and normally

lies on the back. The features of this shield are peculiar in that they

appear as though composed of finely spun glass, which in certain lights

looks almost like silver.



