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" Burong mati," or dead birds, indicating that the Malay traders never saw them alive. The Paradiseidfe are a group of moderate-sized birds, allied in their structure and habits to crows, starlings, and to the Australian honeysuckers ; but they are characterised... "
A Manual of Zoology for the Use of Students with a General Introduction on ... - Página 535
por Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1875 - 732 páginas
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The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of ..., Volumen2

Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - 376 páginas
...allied in their structure and habits to crows, starlings, and to the Australian honeysuckers ; but they are characterised by extraordinary developments...bright-coloured feathers spring from each side of the body beneath the wings, forming trains, or fans, or shields ; and the middle feathers of the tail are often...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volumen39

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1869 - 968 páginas
...delicate brightcolored feathers spring from each side of the body beneath the wings, forming trains, or fans, or shields ; and the middle feathers of the...or adorned with the most brilliant metallic tints, hi another set of species these accessory plumes spring from the head, the back, or the shoulders;...
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The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Oranguatan, and the Bird of Paradise ...

Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - 692 páginas
...structure and habits to crows, starlings, and to the Australian honeysuckers ; but they are characterized by extraordinary developments of plumage, which are...birds. In several species large tufts of delicate bright-colored feathers spring from each side of the body beneath the wings, forming trains, or fans,...
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The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar ...

Georg Hartwig - 1872 - 812 páginas
...large tufts of delicate, bright-colored feathers spring from each side of the body beneath the wings, forming trains, fans, or shields ; and the middle...tail are often elongated into wires, twisted into the most fantastic shapes, or adorned with the most brilliant metallic tints. In another set of species...
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The Malay Archipelago, the Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise ...

Alfred Russel Wallace - 1877 - 728 páginas
...extraordinary developments of plumage, which arc unequalled in any other family of birds. In severa: species large tufts of delicate bright-coloured feathers spring from each side of the body beneath the wings, forming trains, or fans, or shields ; and the middle feathers of the tail are often...
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A Manual of Zoology: For the Use of Students : with a General Introduction ...

Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1880 - 878 páginas
...Rooks, Carrion-crows, Ravens, Jackdaws, Magpie, Chough, &c.), and the Birds of Paradise (Paradisrida). These last differ considerably from the ordinary Corvida,...birds. In several species large tufts of delicate, bright -coloured feathers spring from each side of the body, forming trains, fans, or shields ; and...
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A Manual of Zoology for the Use of Students: With a General Introduction on ...

Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1887 - 968 páginas
...plumage of the males, the females being much less gorgeously feathered. In the words of Mr Wallace — "They are characterised by extraordinary developments...fans, or shields ; and the middle feathers of the train are often elongated into wires, twisted into fantastic shapes, or adorned with the most brilliant...
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Around the World with Eyes Wide Open: The Wonders of the World Pictured by ...

Henry Allen Tupper - 1898 - 480 páginas
...tufts of delicate bright-colored feathers spring from each side of the body beneath the wings, forming fans or shields, and the middle feathers of the tail are often elongated into wires, twisted into the most fantastic shapes or adorned with the most brilliant metallic colors. We find that in other...
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The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise ...

Alfred Russel Wallace - 1902 - 566 páginas
...allied in their structure and habits to crows, starlings, and to the Australian honeysuckers ; but they are characterised by extraordinary developments...bright-coloured feathers spring from each side of the Ixxly beneath the wings, forming trains, or fans, or shields ; and the middle feathers of the tail...
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Scientific Travellers, 1790-1877

Henry Walter Bates - 2004 - 550 páginas
...birds, allied in their structure and habits to crows, starlings, and to the Australian honeysuckers; but they are characterised by extraordinary developments...bright-coloured feathers spring from each side of the body beneath the wings, forming trains, or fans, or shields; and the middle feathers of the tail are often...
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