GOLDEN BIRD OF PARADISE . — Paradisea Sexsetaeea. 
The Golden Bird of Paradise is a remarkable bird, on account of the 
curious feathers which spring from the head, three on each side, bare for the 
greater part of their length, and furnished with a little patch of web at their 
extremities. These curious shafts are movable, as the bird possesses the power of 
raising them so as to stand out on each side of the head, or permitting them to 
hang loosely down the sides of the neck. The flanks are decorated with massive 
plumes of a jetty black, that can also be raised or lowered at the pleasure of the 
bird, and fall over the wings and tail so as nearly to conceal them. 
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