All rights reserred.l [NoVKMHKK, 191U 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 
Hunstein's Magnificent Bird of Paradise. 
( Dip!) ylluden iitacjui/ica } 
By O. Millsum 
It is with no diiliculty tliat i recall the flutter and excite- 
ment I experienced when I received tlie oll'cr of a, Hunstein's, 
To possess u bird of Paradise was the one great " l)irdy " event 
I desired. They, in common with any other unique species, 
appeal to me with such force, that when tlie opportunity arises 
for nie to secure a rarity, I feel such unbounded pleasure, 
that for the brief space of a few moments I cannot restrain 
myself — feel ready to bustle anyone jovially about who may 
be at the time within my presence. .Just these feeUugs, 
only more accentuated, took possession of me when the subject 
of our frontispiece was liJi;ely to become mine. Oui' worthy 
Editor has reason, I believe, to understand those feelings, for 
as it happened, I had the pleasure of his company during 
this particular week-end, and he was the unexpected and much 
surprised individual upon whom 1 then vented my feelings. 
The bird was secured, and at the L.C.Ii.A. and Crystal 
Palace Shows of last yeai' took premier honours. The credit 
for its condition and health was at that time due to that skil- 
ful lady aviculturist, Mrs. Johnstone, from whose aviaries 
I had the opportunity of securing this handsome, but lestless 
creature, for try as I would, by every means possible, during 
the past year to steady him, I lind it quite impossible to do 
so, and he remains very little steadier than the day he left 
the aviary. He has, however, fully and cleanly moulted 
during the past season, and is now as perfect as, I should say, 
a wild specimen, the richness, purity, and depth of the hues 
of his silken plumage being unsurpassable. 
It is no news to my readers to know the change I 
willingly made in my life's course. From the multitudinous 
