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I think the prettiest bird of the lowland jungle is the king bird of paradise , a little fellow smaller than our own robin and colored a rich ruby red ( pages 258 and 274 ) . Once I saw a male displaying to a female who sat , supremely ...
I think the prettiest bird of the lowland jungle is the king bird of paradise , a little fellow smaller than our own robin and colored a rich ruby red ( pages 258 and 274 ) . Once I saw a male displaying to a female who sat , supremely ...
Page 274
... paradise birds . However , these hybrids are undoubtedly very rare , probably sterile , and only serve to accentuate the need of some mechanism , display or otherwise , to keep the paradise birds from interbreeding . King Bird of Paradise ...
... paradise birds . However , these hybrids are undoubtedly very rare , probably sterile , and only serve to accentuate the need of some mechanism , display or otherwise , to keep the paradise birds from interbreeding . King Bird of Paradise ...
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... Bird of Paradise captured on courtship dancing trees ( page 252 ) . For their own dance , several men have brought drums . The small hand drum in upper center is decorated with black plumes of the cassowary , large flightless bird of ...
... Bird of Paradise captured on courtship dancing trees ( page 252 ) . For their own dance , several men have brought drums . The small hand drum in upper center is decorated with black plumes of the cassowary , large flightless bird of ...
Contents
Arizona Sheep Trek By Francis R Line With 16 illustrations in color from natural | iv |
From Indian Canoes to Submarines at Key West Florida By Frederick Simpich With | xii |
Kunming Pilgrimage 20 illustrations from photographs by John Gutmann and Joseph | xix |
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