THE PURPLE AND GOLD BIRD OF PARADISE. 



By Sii 



H.Jolinstoit, O.CM.G. 



This form has been called also the twelve-wired Bird of Paradise, from the twelve steely quills which project from the side plurnes of the 



body- These are, in reality, the bare quills of six of these fluffy feathers in each side. This bird lives much on the honey of flowers, wliich 



it extracts with its roughened tontjue. The female is clad in sober browns and greys. 



