Log-Letters From "the Challenger": [1872-76.]
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Log-Letters From "the Challenger": [1872-76.]
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But this is not the only ornament The two middle feathers of the tail are in the form of slender wires about five inches long and which diverge in a beautiful curve. About half an inch of the end of this wire is webbed on the outer side only, and coloured of a fine metallic green ; and being curved spirally inwards, they form a pair of glittering buttons, hanging five inches below the body, and at the same distance apart. These two ornaments, the breast fans and the spiral-tipped tail-wires, ar...e altogether unique, not occurring on any other species of the 8,000 different birds that are known to exist upon the earth, and, combined with the most exquisite beauty of plumage, render this one of the most perfectly lovely of the many lovely productions of nature. My transports of ad!miration and deliffht quite amused my Arru hosts, who saw nothing more in * Burong raja than we do in the Robin or Groldfinch. Thus one of my objects in coming to the far East was accomplished. I had obtained a specimen of the King Bird of Paradise which had been described by Linnaeus from skins preserved in a mutilated state by the natives.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But this is not the only ornament The two middle feathers of the tail are in the form of slender wires about five inches long and which diverge in a beautiful curve. About half an inch of the end of this wire is webbed on the outer side only, and coloured of a fine metallic green ; and being curved spirally inwards, they form a pair of glittering buttons, hanging five inches below the body, and at the same distance apart. These two ornaments, the breast fans and the spiral-tipped tail-wires, ar...e altogether unique, not occurring on any other species of the 8,000 different birds that are known to exist upon the earth, and, combined with the most exquisite beauty of plumage, render this one of the most perfectly lovely of the many lovely productions of nature. My transports of ad!miration and deliffht quite amused my Arru hosts, who saw nothing more in * Burong raja than we do in the Robin or Groldfinch. Thus one of my objects in coming to the far East was accomplished. I had obtained a specimen of the King Bird of Paradise which had been described by Linnaeus from skins preserved in a mutilated state by the natives.
What to read after Log-Letters From "the Challenger": [1872-76.]?
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