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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL /USTOIIV 



the paradise trogon, whose wing and tail feathers birds of paradise, whose beautiful and abundant 



are enormously lengthened into gracefully droop- plumes are sometimes over two feet lonc'. 

 ing green plumes; but we pause to admire the The museum has in all about 50,000 spTcimeiu 



lovely little humming birds, with their crests, of birds, of which over 13,000 arc mounted and 



ruffs, sharp, slender bills and luminous plumage, on exhibition. An unmounted "study collcc- 



Some are tiny morsels, others nearly as large as tion," selected with reference to scientific value, 



THE AHCITTS PHKASANT. 



a sparrow. Then there is the lyrebird, a native is reserved for the purposes of study and investi- 



of Australia, so called from its lyre-shaped tail gation. 



and its remarkable vocal powers ; the curious um- An interesting feature of this department, to 

 brella and IjcU birds ; and a host of ingenious lit- Avhich IMrs. Kobcrt L. Stuart has generously con- 

 tie architects, like the oven bird, the weaver, the tributed, is the collection of bird groups — tiie 

 bower bird, and an array of argus pheasants and only other similar one being in the South Ken- 



