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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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rrou call the king. He is said to be black,to have red sj)ots, and to fly far above the flock, which never deserthim, but always settle in the same place that he does. They never flywith the wind, as in that case their loose ))lumage would be ruffled andblown over their heads; and a change of wind often com))e)s them to alighton the ground, from which they cannot rise without difficulty. Wlionsurprised by a heavy gale, they soar to a higher region, beyond thereach of the tempest. Tliere, in a serene sky, they float at ease on theirlight flowing feathers, or pursue their journey in security. Duringtheir flight they cry like Starlings; but when a storm blows in theirrear, they express their distressed situation by a note somewhat resem-bling the croaking of a Raven. In calm weather great numbers ofthese birds may be seen flying, both in companies and singly, in pursuitof the larger butterflies and other insects on which they feed. Theynever willingly alight, except on the highest trees.
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BIRDS OF PARADISE, 120 THE GREATER BIRD OF PARADISE.

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