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GENUS 14. PARADISEA. 
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hale BIRD OF PARADISE, 















The oy at its ate and the isatk. are covered with. 
{oft feathers like velvet. 
The feathers on the fides, which grow Ghder the wings, 
are very long. 
_ The two upper tail feathers naked and diftin&. 
| “Legs and feet very ftrong; three. toes: before and one 
behind. | 
HE greater Bird of Paradife is very beauti- 
ful; the tail, the breaft and ftomach are of’ 
a brown or chefaut colour; the throat is covered” 
with green foft-feathers like velvet; the feathers - 
- of the breaft are of a dark blucifh purple. T hey | 
_ flyin flocks, and are brought from the Molucca 
i" Ilands. ‘The people there, when they catch 
_ thefe birds to fend them to Europe, generally cut 
off their legs. ‘This has made many who never ° 
faw them alive, imagine that they have no legs. 
Birds of Paradife feed much upon Butterflies ; 
- like Swallows, they are almoft always flying. . 
_ _The King Bird of Paradife lives in the. Spice | 
: TMands, in Afia, The bill is yellow, the upper 
_ mandible covered half way over with orange-co- . 
4 loured ‘yelvét-like feathers, and fo is part of the: 
C 6 | head .. 
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