KOTES OF tHE FAftADlSB BIRD* 43 



SO proud is the creature of its elegant dress, that 

 it nmr permits a soil to itemi^ii upon i% mi ft 

 may frequ^tly be seen spreading out h& "wings 

 and feathers, and regarding its splendid self in 

 every direction, to obsei'vc whether the whole of 

 its plumage is in an unsullied condition. It 

 does not mftet 6mL tki& eoM wedtlijier dining 

 Winter season at Macao, though esqposin^ 

 elegant bird to the hieak northerly wind is 

 always very particularly avoided. Mr. Beale is 

 very desirous of procuring a living female spe- 

 dnieti of lliit to .^d^vour, if possible, 

 to hmi In Ittft avi^«^ 



The sounds uttered by this bird are veiy 

 peculiar; that which appears to be a note of 

 ^congratulation resembles somewhat the cawing 

 iii ^ rat^ bat cliaaigeg to a ^adbed miB 

 m muMM gmdali^ns^ aa he, My hm^ re* 

 peated rapidly l^quently, as lively and 

 [)layfully lie hops round and along his perch, 

 descending to the second perch to be admired, 

 mA congratulal^ l^is^ granger who has :made 

 aidsitto inspecit him ; 1i6 l^eqn^tlf fsk^i his 



• Figafetta says, in his relation of Magellan's vojage 

 round f^&««rTd« l^at fia t^ltikttd Btelilftti^ (mt th& 



Molucca islaiuk,) a species of birtl, of cNtjuIsite beauty, was 

 found, which the natives called the bird of God," saying it 

 came fifom FaifadiiBe^ 



