| 单词 | bird of paradise |
| 例句 | Mom jumps from the taxi in her sling-back pumps and runs past the giant bird of paradise bushes, past the rotting pawpaw tree, and up the three front steps of Abuela Celia’s house. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She is plucking her bird of paradise of its dead branches, leaning around the plant every time she hears a car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks past the pawpaw tree, past the rows of gangly bird of paradise, past the house of her neighbor, Ilda Limon, and down a sandy path skirting the beach. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she flies past the rows of gangly bird of paradise, past the pawpaw tree with ripening fruit, and loses a sandal taking the three front steps in an inelegant leap. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Borel believed that visitors from outer space had already arrived; not little green men, but birds of paradise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In return for exporting bird of paradise plumes and spices, New Guineans received Southeast Asian goods, including even such luxury items as Dong Son bronze drums and Chinese porcelain. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I sat down on the bench by the birds of paradise, and I had to laugh. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And everything that grows: frangipani, jacaranda, mangwansi beans, sugarcane, breadfruit, bird of paradise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The images of emerald chasms, gleaming waterfalls and brilliantly tinged bird of paradise flowers were the very essence of the tropics. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii 2012-11-30T19:41:37Z Her clients are largely renters who want to introduce a little greenery into their lives but don’t know a pothos plant from a bird of paradise, much less how to not kill them. You Can Pay People to Style Your Houseplants 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z And there was Shakira, wagging her tongue at the camera, either singing or trying to communicate with birds of paradise. Perspective | At the Super Bowl halftime show, Jennifer Lopez lived the American Dream 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The exquisitely carved peacocks and birds of paradise decorating the pipes allude to Messiaen’s fascination with birdsong. Music Review: French, but Conversant in Many Genres 2011-05-09T21:14:58Z We see the ever-smiling photographer on a Manhattan corner, his eyes darting to and fro, looking for "a marvelous, exotic bird of paradise" to fill his camera frame. 'Bill Cunningham New York': a picture-perfect look at photographer 2011-04-28T20:05:04Z The only decorations were a few plants he’d picked up at Trader Joe’s — a bird of paradise, two money trees — along with a white board that was blank as the decor. Billy McFarland Is Out of Jail and Ready for His Next Move 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z But what if I tore you apart for those afternoons when I was fifteen and so like a bird of paradise slaughtered for its feathers. Ai, an Unflinching Poetic Channel of Hard Lives, Dies at 62 2010-03-28T02:20:00Z And then there is Recco, the ugly duckling among birds of paradise. Scenes From an Italian Summer 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Somehow, designer Riccardo Tisci and his atelier of seamstresses and embroiderers turned thousands of tiny little iridescent beads into sculptural birds of paradise, the tropical flowers blooming across the midriff of a tank dress. Call the chauffeur: Paris designers ban walking 2011-07-06T00:58:11Z Their first big purchase was a white marble Eero Saarinen tulip table, which is wedged between two birds of paradise and a banana tree. Antoni Porowski Can Cook 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The restaurant, which opened in 1933, is tucked into a patio encircled by palm trees, orchids, birds of paradise, bougainvillea and ferns. Cuernavaca: A side trip into opulence, only an hour away from Mexico’s capital 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z We snaked up green hills, thick with bamboo and accented with flowers so dramatic they seemed artificial: red birds of paradise, dazzling orange shrimp’s tails. A Chocolate Tour of the Caribbean 2012-11-09T19:17:51Z He only cares about “birds of paradise” with daring styles as opposed to “cookie-cutter sameness.” Op-Ed Columnist: Hunting Birds of Paradise 2011-04-06T19:39:26Z Or clear an area of the forest floor for an elaborate dancing display, like a six-plumed bird of paradise. Natural World: The Mating Game – review 2013-07-20T05:59:03Z I feel like David Attenborough examining a rare colony populated exclusively by birds of paradise and emperor penguins. My Baftas adventure: Dev Patel, liquid diabetes and clapping injuries 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Fashion house Vionnet unveiled an airy and colorful collection inspired by birds of paradise in the brand's first fashion show in Milan following its decision to switch from the Paris catwalks. Vionnet's birds of paradise fly in Milan palazzo 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z I’m reminded of nature’s delightful courtship rituals, like that of the bird of paradise, who clears a little spot of forest floor, fluffs his bright-colored feathers and busts a jaunty little move for the ladies. D. J.s, Swim Briefs, $25 Coladas: In Vegas, the Party’s at the Pool 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Other treasures include Attenborough clapping eyes on a bird of paradise for the first time in 1957, and the grisly discovery that chimpanzees are not always the peaceable vegetarians of popular conception. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 19-23 November 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z Photography and art from local artists hang in the public spaces and in the rooms, and there's a lush garden with indigenous plants and flowers such as banana and frangipani trees and birds of paradise. At a Kigali Hotel, Luxury and Light 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z She, he told a friend, was just “a tough old bird I mistook, long ago, for a bird of paradise.” French High Society During the Belle Époque 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z A sweep of lawn is framed by slender palm trees and the tropical blooms of birds of paradise. Tim Roth: ‘As messy as your life can be, there has to be a window you can escape through' 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z She often went barefoot in overalls while he dressed so fastidiously that a teacher said he stood out like a bird of paradise in a flock of crows. Harper Lee and Truman Capote: A Collaboration in Mischief 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z "I called them the colorful birds of paradise," said Philips, who enrolled in the school's fashion program after studying graphic design for several years. Making a colorful mark on Chanel 2011-07-11T19:05:29Z The animal behaviour is sometimes all too human, from the baboons wading disconsolately through floodwaters, to the male birds of paradise showing off. Your next box set: Planet Earth 2011-03-11T08:00:01Z Usually Attenborough’s programs establish a place or a species as a thing of remarkable beauty—this soulful orangutan, that industrious bird of paradise—before warning that it is somehow imperilled. With the Netflix Series “Our Planet,” David Attenborough Delivers an Urgent Message 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Occasionally, Ms. Saunier will find exotic feathers of extinct or endangered species, like the bird of paradise or the white egret in flea markets. Special Report: A Cut Above: Designing With Feathers, the Old-Fashioned Way 2010-11-18T22:40:00Z Once the cat is out of the bag, Superman is free to do moonstruck romantic stuff, like flying to the rainforest to pick a bouquet of birds of paradise just for her. 10 Underrated Comic Book Movies You Need to See 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The path that brought them to this incredible place was not lined with birds of paradise and fragrant herbs. T Magazine: The Happiness Project 2012-11-27T22:00:33Z In addition to finding Attenborough's "lost echidna" the expedition discovered new species of insects and frogs, and observed healthy populations of tree kangaroo and birds of paradise. First ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Over the weekend, a middle school teacher, Kahealani David, 41, and her 12-year-old daughter, Vaihere, brought bird of paradise flowers as an offering to leave on the cooled lava from previous eruptions. A Scramble to See Hawaii’s Eruption Reveals Fissures on the Big Island 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Tall birds of paradise and lacy tree philodendrons rest on the ground and fill the space. They transformed an abandoned auto shop into a plant haven — and neighborhood hub 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Surely I could find some monsteras, begonias and birds of paradise in sunny California. How to move your houseplants 2,500 miles 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Easton loves the big, boat-shaped leaves of bird of paradise plants, but the houseplant variety aren’t likely to bloom; they need lots of sun to flower. Need a houseplant delivery, stat? Call the Plant Mon, L.A.’s hippest 'plant concierge' 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Davis later began crafting a photo series of Black individuals holding birds of paradise, eventually comprising his first exhibition, “People of Paradise.” L.A. artist Adam Davis is building one of the largest troves of contemporary Black American portraits 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Nestled between a bubble tea cafe and a three-star hotel in Berlin’s bustling Schöneberg neighborhood is an 860-square-foot flower shop, its front window crowded with monstera leaves and birds of paradise. Home-Cooked Vietnamese Meals, Served Up Alongside Bouquets 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z There is also a new open-air atrium just off the salon, in which birds of paradise, honeysuckle and gardenia flourish. A Tangier Home That Has Passed Between Design Legends 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Today I’m going to shout out the bird of paradise. What does mindfulness with plants look like? Justina Blakeney can show you the way 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z I tried bringing a bird of paradise into the living room, and a few months later it was covered in scale. Finding camellias, figs, lemons — and herself — in a magical patio garden 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z The striking and dramatic bird of paradise, the official city flower, like so much of our local flora, is imported — borrowed — from elsewhere; in this case, South Africa. The story of L.A.’s oddball flag. Wait, L.A. has a flag? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z I tried bringing a bird of paradise into the living room and a few months later it was covered in scale. Finding camellias, figs, lemons — and herself — in a magical patio garden 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z They got into my big dracaena, my fiddle-leaf fig, my bird of paradise. How to really, truly, finally get rid of fungus gnats for good: We asked the pros 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z I love the bird of paradise as an outdoor plant and as an indoor plant. What does mindfulness with plants look like? Justina Blakeney can show you the way 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z And for my second one, I would say, I’ve always gravitated towards birds of paradise. R&B-loving Filipina American friends launch the plant shop for 'fly plant mamas and papas' 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Bougainvillea and the flamboyant bird of paradise — the official city flower of L.A. — are imports from South Africa. L.A. has no seasons, you say? Wrong. Here's how to mark them 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z A large bird of paradise plant catches the light from the window at the entrance. Can the Pandemic Rescue Britain’s Shopping Areas? This Town Hopes So. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z A bird of paradise can fetch as much as $1,500 on the black market in Jakarta. ‘Free Papua Movement’ Intensifies Amid Escalating Violence 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z “I say, ‘I bet these deep-sea fish are as dark as your birds of paradise.’ How Ultra-Black Fish Disappear in the Deepest Seas 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z If you see the letter F in FlyPlant, it’s a bird of paradise! R&B-loving Filipina American friends launch the plant shop for 'fly plant mamas and papas' 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Her home is at the end of a cul-de-sac of gated houses with short driveways and lush, overgrown gardens — plumeria, wild lemons, papaya, birds of paradise. India’s ‘Pickle Queen’ Preserves Everything, Including the Past 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z I felt like David Attenborough examining a rare colony, populated exclusively by birds of paradise and emperor penguins. 'Rejection didn’t hurt my pride - I had none left': confessions of a failed actor | Rhik Samadder 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Towhees, essentially bulkier everyman sparrows, are Franzen’s favourite bird, which is perhaps surprising given the planet is inhabited by cassowaries, bald eagles and iridescent birds of paradise. Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't only reason for bird decline' 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z In other parts of the world, related birds of paradise plants produce red or yellow coated seeds easily detectable to birds. Plants Can’t Talk. But Some Fruits Say ‘Eat Me’ to Animals. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Ben Page led his class into the prehistoric forest: a shaded environment of towering redwoods and palm trees, bright orange birds of paradise and very curious ducks. Bathe with a friend — in this case, that means a grove of trees 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z When Wallace first saw birds of paradise, he recognized the paradox of their beauty, which he described as an almost wanton waste of it. One Obsessed Musician, 299 Birds, and a Very Weird Crime 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise: a narrative of travel with studies of man and nature. Wallace’s enigma: how the island of Sulawesi continues to captivate biologists 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The curators believed he was there to take photographs on behalf of a graduate student researching birds of paradise. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Until recently, scientists thought the superb bird was unique among the 43 birds of paradise that comprise the family Paradisaeidae. New Bird of Paradise Species Has Smooth Dance Moves 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Australasia's birds of paradise currently hold the record for the "blackest black," their plumage clocking in with a maximum absorption rate of 99.95 percent. How Deep-Sea Fish Are So Exceptionally Black 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Some of the most valuable feathers Rist stole were bird of paradise feathers brought to England in the 19th century by Alfred Russel Wallace. One Obsessed Musician, 299 Birds, and a Very Weird Crime 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z He came away with 299 stuffed skins of brightly coloured birds, including birds of paradise, showy species of cotingids and quetzals. When feathers flew at a natural-history archive 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The staffer deposited Edwin in front of the cabinets marked PARADISAEIDAE, birds of paradise, and wandered off. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Living in their forest base camps for up to months at a time, the team logged observed physical differences between greater superb and Vogelkop superb birds of paradise that confirmed they're separate. New Bird of Paradise Species Has Smooth Dance Moves 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Victoria held a fortune in spices — and the feathers of birds of paradise. Ornithology: All eyes on the 10,000 species : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Maybe the article was referring to the flower known as bird of paradise, or perhaps the writer meant “birds and mammals.” Opinion | Birds are animals, too 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z I’ll never forget my first sight of a bird of paradise. When feathers flew at a natural-history archive 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z He moved to the cabinet that held the king bird of paradise. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z A combination of fieldwork and museum analysis led to the conclusion that the Vogelkop is genetically distinct from the superb bird of paradise species, which is now named the greater superb. New Bird of Paradise Species Has Smooth Dance Moves 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The fabric was hand-painted and is a totally original interpretation, including beautiful toucans and birds of paradise frolicking in a wild, jungle-like setting.” Designer to the Kardashians shares 10 looks from his new WeHo showroom 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Titus Cromwell, 4, placed a bird of paradise flower picked from his family’s home, in Oakland’s Fruitvale district, on the gate across from the warehouse Sunday morning. From Oakland and beyond, they make a pilgrimage to the Ghost Ship 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z The Pataloha shirts in the ’80s paid homage to the original Aloha shirts with bright red or turquoise backgrounds and exotic patterns like birds of paradise flowers. The Spiffy Hawaiian Shirt Is Back for Summer 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Ten king birds of paradise were now within Edwin’s reach. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z It's hard to find a more superb bird than the superb bird of paradise. New Bird of Paradise Species Has Smooth Dance Moves 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Birds are the most well-known flirters, and among them, peacocks, bowerbirds, and birds of paradise usually steal the show. Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink: How Do Animals Flirt? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z And I believe it's possible for anyone to go from modest beauty to bird of paradise. Dita Von Teese knows how to make 'Your Beauty Mark' 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Lawes’s Parotia, a bird of paradise, performs balletic moves before pulling its feathers into a flying saucer shape and wriggling its body from side to side. The birdie dance: fancy footwork of courting birds revealed 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z At last he made his way to the birds of paradise. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z In the past decade or so, Scholes notes, responsible ecotourism has taken off, as the superb bird of paradise is “one of the holy grails of birding.” New Bird of Paradise Species Has Smooth Dance Moves 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z A male red bird of paradise poses in an upside-down display on Batanta Island, Indonesia. Tiny Owl Getting Talking-To From Sheriff Has Huge Appetite 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Female birds look for signs of fitness that range from the flamboyant plumage of the peacock to the bizarre dances of birds of paradise. Best Male Nightingale Vocalists Make Best Fathers 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Amid the tree ferns, bougainvillea and birds of paradise, he caught sight of a large palm from South America named pindo, reputed to be one of the hardiest. For some Washington-area gardeners, paradise lost 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Still, he managed to find room for 12 superb birds of paradise, a species renowned for its bouncing courtship dance in which it shows off a stunning breastplate of glowing aquamarine feathers. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z For example, we might find male birds of paradise extremely beautiful but this is not art. Can Animals Ever Be Artists? 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The street stretched for a mile, showcasing traditional lawns with a mixture of palms, bird of paradise plants and azaleas on an 80-degree day. As water runs dry, Californians brace for a new way of life 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Part of the Maluku chain, formerly known as the Spice Islands, the area is about 400 miles north of Australia, and hosts small kangaroos and rare birds of paradise with dazzling bright feathers. Are Slaves Catching the Fish You Buy? 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Corny Italian music wafts over the birds of paradise perched in giant vases atop a Carrara marble bar brimming with fashionistas, food bloggers and financial types. A Taste of Summer Under the High Line 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Upon arriving at the cabinet containing Alfred Russel Wallace’s beloved king birds of paradise, he gingerly laid 37 of the birds, several of which bore Wallace’s handwritten tags, into his suitcase. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Sir David Attenborough's new documentary traces his lifelong passion for birds of paradise. Attenborough's Paradise Birds 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The walled compound contains multiple waterfalls, a 7,500-gallon koi/turtle pond, and a variety of palms, cactuses, succulents, birds of paradise and aloe plants. Home of the Week: Spanish-style eye-catcher in the San Fernando Valley 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z "If you fell the trees then you destroy human culture as well as the birds of paradise. People depend on the forest and the forest has always depended on us. We are as one." As forests are cleared and species vanish, there's one other loss: a world of languages 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Laman became the first person to photograph all of the birds of paradise species in the wild. Lens Blog: Tim Laman's Photos of Birds of Paradise 2013-06-03T09:45:45Z He stuffed a suitcase with nearly 300 of the rarest, most dazzling species—the magnificent riflebird, the resplendent quetzal, the superb bird of paradise, among others—and vanished. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z There, a Jumbotron lords above the clubs and cafes day and night, beckoning backpackers south with high-definition images of happy natives and brightly plumed birds of paradise. “To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us” 2013-02-10T12:00:00Z When Wallace found his first bird of paradise, he wrote that it "excited greater admiration and delight than I have experienced on any similar occasion." Green Blog: A Real-Life Indiana Jones 2012-11-13T16:29:55Z Their imagination is breathtaking, with accessories including bird of paradise feathers and sweet wrappers. Twists and turns in history of hair 2012-10-05T23:27:27Z Because food was plentiful and there were few predators in the rain forests, sexual selection was the main driving force for evolution, and the birds of paradise developed brilliant colors and elaborate courtship displays. Lens Blog: Tim Laman's Photos of Birds of Paradise 2013-06-03T09:45:45Z We happened to meet the pretty peasant girls who had taken part returning home, singing and waving to the crowd, like birds of paradise, in their rose and lemon silk shawls. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z She was like some little brilliant bird of paradise flung to the ground by a lightning stroke. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He also knew butterflies and birds and made five voyages in native vessels to the far east of the Indonesian archipelago to collect specimens of birds of paradise. Green Blog: A Real-Life Indiana Jones 2012-11-13T16:29:55Z You are like a bird of paradise or a flower from the tropics. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z “Few Westerners ever get to see the bird of paradise’s courtship display in the wild,” Mr. Laman wrote in National Geographic about his early expeditions. Lens Blog: Tim Laman's Photos of Birds of Paradise 2013-06-03T09:45:45Z It is the size of a small to medium crow, and a relative of birds of paradise. Scientist at Work Blog: Bird Diversity on the Trobriand Islands 2011-11-09T20:48:00Z "It isn't the fault of the bird of paradise, either, is it?" What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Can it be said that the plumes of a bird of paradise present "no characteristic form," or the tail of a peacock "no characteristic marking"? Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z He is an apparition of beauty—a veritable bird of paradise, as, indeed, he is sometimes called. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z “She shall have a bird of paradise for her hat,” said Bevis. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z But it was not afraid, Potch's opal; it fluttered with delight in the hand of this old man, who was a devout lover, and rayed itself like a bird of paradise. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z "If God hates all that is fair and beautiful, why did He create the peacock, the humming-bird, and the bird of paradise, instead of filling the world with barn-door fowls?" A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The parrots were chattering noisily in the great fragrant agaves on shore, birds of paradise rocked on the topmost crests of the palms, with impertinent young monkeys vainly trying to tweak their tails. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z In short, the photographer may market his game among a wider patronage if he can bring down birds of paradise as well as ducks and geese and the common denizens of the air. Making Your Camera Pay 2011-03-31T02:00:21.163Z They fluttered by like a glittering swarm of birds of paradise. Blanche 2011-02-27T03:00:34.170Z Like some bird of paradise, indeed, she looked, the slim black legs straining to take the air. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z They were hunting birds of paradise at the time. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The Gallinaceæ present almost as strongly marked sexual differences as birds of paradise or humming-birds, and many of the species are, as is well known, polygamous; others being strictly monogamous. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Surging brown rivers slice through the jungle, which is decorated with pink hibiscus flowers and birds of paradise. Frenzy of Rape in Congo Reveals U.N. Weakness 2010-10-04T03:37:00Z There’s an Irish Belleek urn, tiny silk shoes from China, two elephant tusks nearly six feet tall and a stuffed six-plumed bird of paradise. Arts | Connecticut: ?Exotic Encounters? at the Bruce Museum 2010-03-20T02:15:00Z Spreading its brilliant red plumage in the branches is a bird of paradise. Arts | Long Island: A Plush Boudoir Welcomes the Curious 2010-03-06T00:31:00Z The smaller predatory birds are the shrikes, and birds of paradise. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The walls were covered with a paper on which impossible roses fought for supremacy with more impossible alleged birds of paradise. The Trail of Conflict There are not only hens and such useful creatures in the world, but the good God has made birds of paradise as well!' A Sister's Love A Novel And the elephant tusks and bird of paradise? Arts | Connecticut: ?Exotic Encounters? at the Bruce Museum 2010-03-20T02:15:00Z This, and a bird of paradise, to entertain the rest of the night, and let me alone to cook her. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 The Bandanese pay occasional visits to shoot bears and deer; there are numbers of wild goats and cattle; and among birds are mentioned cassowaries, cockatoos, birds of paradise, and the swallows that furnish edible nests. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Cowardice and pessimism will avail on our death-beds no more than wealth or stuffed birds of paradise. The Book of This and That She was like some jewelled bird of paradise. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary "The girl with the bird of paradise in her hair?" answered Melcomb. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Gone down to dinner looking like a bird of paradise. Leerie Shaking her head in token of disapprobation, Hiorba reluctantly took her wand and opened a cage which hung from the arch above; a bird of paradise came chirping thence, and perched confidingly upon her shoulder. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist It wouldn't be fair to make yourself beautiful with borrowed plumage, would it, little bird of paradise? The Torch Bearer How she would shine, this bird of paradise, among those simply-garbed army women who perforce were limited to such toilets as could be evolved from the little steamer trunks. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Farther on, we see pretty specimens of the bird of paradise. The Pearl of India Everywhere the eye was delighted by great masses of drooping fronds of delicate green, like rare lace in fineness—outrivaling in beauty the plumes of the famous birds of paradise. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Through the mind of the young girl ran a ceaseless paean of thanksgiving for her timely deliverance from the trammels which she so well knew enshackled these glittering birds of paradise. Carmen Ariza She could not help feeling like a little brown thrush in the midst of a company of resplendent parrots and birds of paradise. The House in Town Nor should we have any clue to the specialities of feathers—the crests of various birds, the tails sometimes so enormous, the curiously placed plumes of the bird of paradise, &c., &c. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I One often sees hovering about the gardens and bungalows a little bird as large as an English sparrow, called the Ceylon bird of paradise, but which does not deserve that name. The Pearl of India It cannot be supposed, for instance, that male birds of paradise or peacocks should take such pains in erecting, spreading and vibrating their beautiful plumes before the males for no purpose. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer The little room became a stately banqueting-hall, the rustic chair on which his lady sat was transformed into a throne, and the poor falcon seemed a peacock or a bird of paradise. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose But Patsy was oblivious of the comparison—oblivious of the fact that she looked like a wood-thrush neighboring with a bird of paradise. Seven Miles to Arden Occasional specimens of the bird of paradise were seen, with its long and graceful tail-feathers glistening in the sun, presenting an array of bright colors never seen in confinement. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Long ago there was a story of an opera cloak for which fifty birds of paradise gave their life and bloom. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Not even a bird of paradise could have appeared more glorious, dingy brown though our tiny hero's plumage was; but good deeds and kind words always bring a brightness with them. Parables from Flowers I’m a regular woodpecker among birds of paradise. A Princess in Calico You ride in a perennial garden, and it is perfectly natural that the bird of paradise should have its habitat here. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Silver Cloud is like a bird of paradise with its tail feathers all plucked. Doctor Jones' Picnic Close by is a large glass case containing specimens of the taxidermist's art, including a number of badly moth-eaten birds of paradise. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China There are no gorgeous birds of paradise, and even resplendent parrots are not very numerous. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Can such things ever grow "stale and rung-upon," however much the chilly hand of a pedantic psychology seeks to brush the bloom away from the wings of the bird of paradise? Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Then it extended to other sea birds, including the albatross, to bright-colored tropical birds, and to the wonderful birds of paradise. Conservation Reader "We'll turn 'em away, and you can bank on it," he replied, with an air of confidence that reassured the bird of paradise and brought a smile to her face. A Pirate of Parts A faint idea of the difficulties encountered and overcome by Noah's agents may be gathered from what Wallace, in his recent work on the Malay Archipelago, informs us respecting these birds of paradise. The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science A Discourse On the other side of the room are birds of paradise, who have also beautiful tails, but in quite a different style from the ostrich. The Children's Book of London Aigrettes and birds of paradise fly on all sides and every hour reveals a hideous crocodile sunning himself on a sandspit. An African Adventure The bird of paradise, found in the East India islands, will soon be extinct unless protected. Conservation Reader Eve, with tigers, birds of paradise, and other animals. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch They hear the birds of paradise singing in the bowers of Eden, while he hears only the croaking of the raven. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War One old bird of paradise on Miss Jim’s favorite bonnet had a chronic wink for the wickedness he had witnessed. Mr. Opp It was the American bird of paradise; and, like those of the Eastern world, had several long feathers growing from its tail, and stretching away gracefully behind it. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness The man was dazzled by a beauty and mentality foreign as a bird of paradise found nested in Connecticut snow. The Thing from the Lake I can never believe that any one would be lured to destruction by those birds of paradise whom one has met in the stuffy, over-gilded, and, happily, abortive night-clubs and cabarets. Nights in London Should a bird of paradise wear the plumage of a thrush or a quail?' The Gold of Chickaree "These dishes are all gold, and I'm eating birds of paradise with nectarine sauce." Marjorie's Busy Days Birds of the most beautiful plumage fluttered among the branches, and I had the good fortune to bring down a gorgeous bird of paradise with my rifle. Adventures in Many Lands Snow-white feathers on the back rose up, like those of the birds of paradise, to which it had a strong resemblance. In the Wilds of Africa Here several canoes came off, bringing beans, rice, tobacco, and two beautiful birds of paradise. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold “Come, this will help to make them believe that birds of paradise are of the crow family.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy The red bird of paradise and the blue ground appeared on all, as did also the yellow legs and edgings which gave to them their peculiarly fashionable character. Orley Farm But see, here comes our bird of paradise herself. Three Margarets He was magnificently attired in Oriental costume, covered with gold ornaments; a turban covering his head, surmounted by a plume of bird of paradise feathers, with a sparkling aigrette in front. The Young Rajah They several times caught sight, as they went along, of some beautiful birds of paradise, which, however, kept too high up in the trees to be shot by arrows. The South Sea Whaler “Oh, but I meant parrots and cockatoos and birds of paradise,” said the lad hurriedly. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy The top of the table was blue, with a red bird of paradise in the middle; and the edges of the table, to the breadth of a couple of inches, were yellow. Orley Farm The doctor said that the birds were birds of paradise, and that they were such as the ladies of England wore in their hats. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler Many of them, too are birds of paradise. The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book In the Aru Islands are found a number of birds of paradise, some, indeed, of the most beautiful, which I will describe shortly. In the Eastern Seas “There is a slight resemblance, certainly,” said Jack; “but this isn’t a bird of paradise.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy There could be no mistaking that sound, it was just the same as I had been hearing all the afternoon as we crept cautiously on in search of the birds of paradise. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas “The rifle bird; a near relative, I believe, to the birds of paradise.” King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale Mr Blyth told me there must be at least eighteen species of birds of paradise, inhabiting different localities. The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book Had it not been for these birds of paradise, perhaps these very islands might not have been heard of.” In the Eastern Seas “A bird of paradise related to a crow—a black crow?” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy It was a bird of paradise different to any I have seen. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas They were a kind of bird of paradise that I don’t think I have seen before.” Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track We found the woods as we proceeded full of birds of magnificent plumage, parrots, cockatoos, lories, and others of exquisite form and colour, which Blyth at once declared were birds of paradise. The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book Looking up, we caught sight of nights of the great bird of paradise, going to seek their breakfasts on the fruit-bearing trees. In the Eastern Seas It is true that the tail feathers in many birds appear to be entirely,—even cumbrously, decorative; as in the peacock, and birds of paradise. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds They were not long, filmy plumes like those of the great bird of paradise, but short, each widening towards the end, and standing up like a couple of fans above the wings. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas All I want," said he, "is a dish of bird of paradise eggs, served with the fat of a sucking deer, and a brawn of pickled salmon spawn. A Hungarian Nabob The islands are generally level, and thickly wooded, the forests containing amongst other birds two or three of the most beautiful species of birds of paradise. The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book Our native hunters had arrows with heads as large as a small tea-cup, for the purpose of shooting the birds of paradise. In the Eastern Seas A chief in a campong half a day inland had promised to send some specimens down that evening,—armor, harps, stone Priapuses, and birds of paradise. The Spinner's Book of Fiction I expect we shall find some birds of paradise, for it strikes me that the cry I have heard several times at daybreak comes from one of them.” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas We were not birds of paradise exactly, and yet we had to live on air sometimes—and a thin enough diet it was. Orrain A Romance Turtle-shells, feathers of the birds of paradise, and trepang are among the principal articles which they barter with traders for cotton-goods, knives, swords, axes, beads and so forth. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Walter in his journal has already described several other birds of paradise. In the Eastern Seas The trio of the scherzo is like a section of some Polynesian forest, with its tropic warmth, its monstrous growths, its swampy earth, its chattering monkeys and birds of paradise. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers I said; “why, it looked like what I should think a bird of paradise would be.” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas The Aunnays are supposed to be a sort of birds of paradise. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems The arrows with which they shoot the birds of paradise are blunted so as not to injure the splendid plumage of the birds. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Among the most precious and beautiful were several birds of paradise, prized above all others in the collection. In the Eastern Seas But the charmingly dressed beings, who looked like birds of paradise alighted by mistake in a pigsty, made sport of the squalor which we had expected to evoke their rage. My Friend the Chauffeur We have learned one thing, and that is the fact that we have birds of paradise here, and that satisfies me that we cannot do better than keep to our present quarters. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas The bird of paradise is warbling; will they not hear? Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era Away with those fellows who go howling through life," wrote Beccher, "and all the while passing for birds of paradise! Cheerfulness as a Life Power The first I will mention was called the superb bird of paradise. In the Eastern Seas "No;—but a bird of paradise to come to me so sweetly, and at an hour when all the other birds refuse to show the feather of a single wing." Phineas Finn The Irish Member “Yes,” he replied, handing his knife to Ebo, who readily understood what was wanted, and leaving him to his very nasty job, my uncle and I went in search of birds of paradise. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas She did not appear so brilliant a bird of paradise—or elsewhere—as at the aviary across the water. Visionaries This, I think, helps to support Father Clauser’s suggestion as regards the Mafulu, subject of course to the question of the variety of bird of paradise which is imitated. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Those I have described are very different from the ordinary bird of paradise, with which ladies were accustomed to ornament their hats and bonnets. In the Eastern Seas Ruatoka shot eight blue pigeons and one bird of paradise to-day: the latter must be eaten with the best of all sauces—hunger. Adventures in New Guinea We had a long tramp after the birds of paradise that day, but did not get one. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas The water rustled and roiled as if all the birds of paradise that the world contained had taken flight. Maida's Little Shop As he looked down at her, in his troubled soul Umballa knew that it was not the throne so much as it was this beautiful bird of paradise which he wished to cage. The Adventures of Kathlyn The Dutch, who came afterwards, gave them the name of birds of paradise. In the Eastern Seas The angels declare that it would be easier to change a night-owl into a dove, or a horned-owl into a bird of paradise, than to change an infernal spirit into an angel of heaven. Heaven and its Wonders and Hell “But such birds as birds of paradise, uncle?” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas A grub burrowing at the root of the tree in which she, like a bird of paradise, displays her royal plumage. Arms and the Woman Our birds of paradise remained in their cage, however, Lady Turnour glaring whenever she caught a glimpse of the chauffeur's head, as if he had bitten that hole in the tyre. The Motor Maid While speaking of the birds of paradise, I should like to describe the great variety which exists. In the Eastern Seas "The pious crows," said Captain Hatton, "would forgive our intrusion, did they see the bird of paradise that attracts us hither." The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters “I was hoping to find some birds of paradise, uncle,” I replied. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas Bright-hued birds, roused by the tumult, flew wildly hither and thither, now and then the superb plumage of a bird of paradise flashing like a jewel among the dense foliage of cypress and nut-trees. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors By the last despatch I sent you three birds of paradise, and the bearer of this, Sergeant Romero, brings you two more. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Even as late as 1760 they were supposed to have no feet, and Linnaeus calls them footless birds of paradise. In the Eastern Seas Can you aid me with respect to birds which have strongly marked secondary sexual characters, such as birds of paradise, humming-birds, the rupicola or rock-thrush, or any other such cases? Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 “And are there no birds of paradise there, uncle?” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas King's sons are for princesses, for those human birds of paradise that flash, beautiful and fortunate, in larger spheres than those prosaic paths trodden by a workaday woman named Smith. A Woman Named Smith She had a vast fund of scholarship, knew English poetry from the ground up ... but her bringing that knowledge to me as an attraction was like presenting a peacock's feather to a bird of paradise.... Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Rising in the morning, we witnessed another dance of the birds of paradise in some trees close to us, and our native hunters shot several of them. In the Eastern Seas From what you say I should have inferred that birds of paradise were probably polygamous. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 Oh! of course, you said the birds of paradise belonged to the crow family. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas The birds of paradise are no longer fed on beetroot. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 I killed birds of paradise with poison darts which I blew out of a reed with my nostrils ... Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative The Quaker maidens who caught sight of Pepeeta were visibly excited and began to preen themselves as turtle doves might have done if a bird of paradise had suddenly flashed among them. The Redemption of David Corson How can we imagine that an inch in the tail of a peacock, or a quarter of an inch in that of the bird of paradise, would be noticed and preferred by the female? Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 But the great objects of our search, the birds of paradise, haunted the nut and berry bearing trees. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas Since the all-red root has been denied them they protest against being called birds of paradise, and wish to be known simply as "birds." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 The walls are covered with an Oriental paper patterned with marvelous blue and green birds, birds of paradise and paroquets perched on flowering branches. The House in Good Taste Eunez was in evidence—as she always was when Tunis came by—a bird of paradise indeed. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod The enormously lengthened plumes of the bird of paradise and of the peacock can, however, have no such use, but must be rather injurious than beneficial in the bird's ordinary life. Darwinism (1889) “Well, what should you suppose a bird of paradise to be?” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas The Bernard Palissy of literature, he modeled his frogs and water-snakes so true that they seemed better than birds of paradise. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 The walls are hung with a daringly gorgeous paper covered with birds—birds of paradise and paroquets perched on flowery tropical branches. The House in Good Taste Do you propose to take her to the earth, where I'm afraid she will probably die like a tender plant or a bird of paradise in a cage? A Trip to Venus The most gorgeously coloured birds known are the birds of paradise, the chatterers, the tanagers, the humming-birds, and the pheasant-tribe, including the peacocks. Darwinism (1889) “What! birds of paradise with their lovely buff plumes, uncle?” Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas In fact she had worn her connection with the Quinceys as a feather in her cap so long that the feather had grown, as it were, into an entire bird of paradise. Superseded The dry outside skins of onions, steeped in scalding water and strained, color a yellow very much like 'bird of paradise' color. The American Frugal Housewife And this for a bird so exquisitely beautiful that shooting it for the table is like dining on birds of paradise. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation His beautiful wife, however, beaming and gracious, but no less rigid than "Lady Washington," in her social statutes, looked like a bird of paradise beside a graven image, so gorgeous was her raiment. The Conqueror Yes, birds of paradise with their lovely buff and amber plumes, my boy; they are of the crow family, just as our jays, magpies, and starlings are. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas Mademoiselle Helbrun's plump figure was set off to full advantage in a black and white check silk dress, and she wore a wonderful arched hat with flowing plumes of the bird of paradise. Evelyn Innes Several canoes came off to them in the morning of the 5th, bringing Indian beans, rice, tobacco, and two beautiful birds of paradise, all white and yellow. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. S. Meyers, 688 Broadway, New York, contains about six hundred plumes and skins of birds of paradise for sale for millinery purposes. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Whatever the cause may have been, this bird of paradise, having alighted for a moment in Olney, took wing and was seen no more. Cowper I wish you could see the bird of paradise my Birdie bought when her and Simon was in Kansas City on their wedding-trip—you can believe me or not, a yard long! Every Soul Hath Its Song There was a gold bird of paradise dipped down her hair over one shoulder, trailing its smoothness like fingers of lace. The Vertical City The birds of paradise are about the size of pigeons, and are never seen here alive, neither is it known whence they come. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. No wonder the great bird of paradise is now almost extinct! Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation This figurehead, called tabura, is elaborately cut into various devices, painted red and white, and decorated with white egg-shells and feathers of the cassowary and bird of paradise. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 Again, the parrots, the toucans, the birds of paradise, and many other of the more beautiful exotic species, are fruit-eaters, and reflect their inherited taste in their own gaudy plumage. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 First you must catch your bird… and no Western snare has ever caught the Russian bird of paradise, and I dare prophesy that no Western snare ever will. The Secret City And she's the most beautiful lady in the whole world, and feeds her peacocks and birds of paradise out of a ruby cup. The Delectable Duchy On October 2, 1912, eleven heads of greater bird of paradise, with plumes attached, were offered for sale within one hundred feet of the headquarters of the Fourth National Conservation Congress. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation She was the boss cook, you bet, and she could fry a chicken into a bird of paradise just as easy as the Doc could sizzle a sinner into a pretty tolerable Christian. Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son I suppose you would object to a bird of paradise, because it has no legs, but shoots to heaven in a trail, and does not rest on earth. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II Well, you'd have thought that birds of paradise were national pests, like English sparrows. Cheerful—By Request They knew her very well, and had seen her so often that they no longer looked at her as plump brown partridges might look at an exquisite bird of paradise. Round Anvil Rock A Romance Bird-lovers must now bid farewell forever to all the birds of paradise. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation "A regular bird of paradise," chuckled Bandy Robinson. Frank Merriwell at Yale Peggy, for her part, would have liked to have shown her turban and bird of paradise at the ball, but for the information which her husband had given her, and which made her very grave. Vanity Fair Sometimes they put snares on the top of high trees that the birds of paradise prefer to frequent. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea It is better to be a young June bug than an old bird of paradise. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson A swallow, I think, and sometimes a bird of paradise. The Beautiful and Damned Take care: Don't touch that bird of paradise, Perched on the bed-post there!' Georgian Poetry 1913-15 "So, my bird of paradise, you sing too?" said Walter. Home Again "Nor I, Ned, if I do not catch a bird of paradise." Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Two young nobles, splendidly robed, who also bore gold vases, lotos-shaped, in which nestled the bird of paradise called Nok Kurraweèk, the sweetness of whose song is supposed to entrance even beasts of prey. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok In shape like a very large Gainsborough, it was made of shirred scarlet satin with large bows of satin ribbon of the same intense color and adorned with a bird of paradise. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches His immediate predecessors seem to have conceived of it as a kind of bird of paradise, born to float somewhere between heaven and earth, with no very well defined relation to either. Among My Books Second Series I rejoiced over her as over something perfect, and there was the rich, foreign colouring about her that there had been about the birds of paradise in my nursery. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth But if my wishes were satisfied by the possession of the bird of paradise, the Canadian's were not yet. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea It may truly be called the bird of paradise: and had it existed in the Old World, it would have claimed the title instead of the bird which has now the honour to bear it. Wanderings in South America The feathers of the bird of paradise swept her shoulder—the one that was higher than the other—and mingled with the wheels of the white antimacassar. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches He had unbuttoned his topcoat, and his evening garb, in that congress of the rough and ready, made him as conspicuous as a bird of paradise in a rookery. All-Wool Morrison It was a chintz valance with birds of paradise patterned on its pink back-ground, and there was pink silk quilled into the quaint tester overhead, reminding her of old Jeremy's favorite quill dahlias. Georgina of the Rainbows In the treetops--strange trees, fruit laden--parrakeets and flashing green and crimson birds of paradise disturbed the little monkey-folk that chattered at the intruders. Darkness and Dawn Purple adjectives would have been as much out of place in our conversation as a bird of paradise among our muirfowl. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush On the 2nd of December, in 15 deg., we observed the first bird of paradise—the most beautiful of equatorial sea-birds. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 It is supposed to be the first part of Australia discovered by Europeans, and is the favorite residence of the superb and singular birds of paradise, of which there are ten or twelve kinds. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea Also she walked around the valance, counting its birds of paradise. Georgina of the Rainbows Not to mention the lyre bird, the Argus pheasant, the bird of paradise, and other splendid examples, there are common dicky-birds which point the moral and adorn the tail as emphatically. Concerning Animals and Other Matters In the private establishments the leather hoods, which were put on their heads to prevent them seeing, were embroidered with gold and pearls and surmounted with the feathers of birds of paradise. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period The ample white lace curtains were surmounted by festoons of artificial roses, caught up by a bird of paradise. A Romance of the Republic The men, of whom there might be several, would be either very clever or overpoweringly noble, because all geniuses and all peers are supposed to like their birds of paradise a little high. The Primadonna He was not artist enough to appreciate the picture at its value; he simply had the sudden resentful feeling of one who has asked for a hen and been offered a bird of paradise. The Power and the Glory He was a striking-looking man, tall, broad-shouldered, dignified, very gorgeously attired in light-blue satin, embroidered in bright-coloured flowers and gold and silver designs, and a splendid yellow bird of paradise in his cap. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 When my Lord was a boy, he once amused himself training a raven and a bird of paradise to talk. The Prince of India — Volume 02 Why should X. be compelled to carry through life a bird of paradise, while he appears in the sombre and often shiny costume of the more humble crow? Observations of a Retired Veteran Lady Wrackley was there in an astonishing black hat trimmed with bird of paradise plumes. December Love He tells us that the birds of paradise take seven years to develop. Round the World The Chinese always wore their costume; the big yellow birds of paradise became quite a feature of the afternoon défilé. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 And who would notice a linnet when a bird of paradise was about, however sweet her voice? Bat Wing Plumage displays are indulged in by turkeys, the blue bird of paradise, the greater and lesser birds of paradise, the sage grouse and pinnated grouse, ruffed grouse, golden pheasant and argus pheasant. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations The philosopher would say that I was mad; that the linnet in the hand is better than all the birds of paradise which ever flew in fabled tropic seas. Stella Fregelius Some one remarked that it is just the reverse with the birds of paradise in man's creation. Round the World I noted that all the birds of paradise were watching Carpenter. They Call Me Carpenter There were winged serpents; might which would put to flight the degenerate eagle; plumage before which the birds of paradise would show dull as clay. AE in the Irish Theosophist The most beautiful bird species of the world are about fifty in number; and only a few of them are found among the birds of paradise. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations She stood before him, a glorious bird of paradise. The Voice on the Wire There are no fewer than three pairs of turtles cooing down stairs as I pen this to you, my bird of paradise. At Last It caused Carpenter to start, and Madame Planchet to start, and for the first time since we entered the place, the birds of paradise gave signs of life elsewhere than in the eye-muscles. They Call Me Carpenter Her hat was of the same colour, draped with a great quantity of mauve and orange tulle, and surmounted with birds of paradise to match. The Metropolis How different from the bright bird of paradise that had so lately fluttered down on the camp, bent on conquest! Hildegarde's Neighbors What a picture he made standing between the great frowning sculptured Sphinxes! … contrasted with those cold and solemn visages of stone he looked like a dazzling butterfly or stray bird of paradise. Ardath I suppose you would object to a bird of paradise, because it has no legs, but shoots to heaven in a trait, and does not rest on earth. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Rosythe pushed open a door, and I saw before me a spacious parlor, with birds of paradise of the female sex lounging in upholstered chairs. They Call Me Carpenter The bird of paradise, condemned to live in a country of marshes, cannot hope to become a heron. The Upton Letters I always expect her to sheer off to Damascus or San Francisco; she's a bird of paradise. Women in Love Come to mine aid, and teach me how to shut the wings of this sweet bird of paradise in mine own breast! Ardath The bird of paradise is obliged constantly to fly against the wind, lest its gay trappings, pressing close to its body, impede its free movements. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers He looked at the birds of paradise in the lounging chairs. They Call Me Carpenter They pall With plucking, and celestial mirth Can find no footing on the earth, More than the bird of paradise, Which only lives the while it flies. Victories of Love She was so utterly different to all women as he had known them—as different as a bird of paradise to a common house-sparrow. Thelma So my little bird of paradise can fire up, I see! The Midnight Queen A train of images, full-winged and as gorgeous as birds of paradise, flashed across her vision. The Golden Dog How I wished I could take this superb bird of paradise back to Paris, to make a gift of it to the zoo at the Botanical Gardens, which doesn't own a single live specimen. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Dr. Marshall thinks that the older and more brilliant males of birds of paradise, have an advantage over the younger males; see 'Archives Neerlandaises,' tom. vi. The Descent of Man "Has Mr. Courtland been telling you all about the bird of paradise?" she asked of Phyllis, while she waved the tail feathers of the loveliest of the birds of paradise before her face. Phyllis of Philistia Can you aid me with respect to birds which have strongly marked secondary sexual characters, such as birds of paradise, humming-birds, the Rupicola, or any other such cases? Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 A new friend is always a miracle, but at thirty-three years old, such a bird of paradise rising in the sage-brush was an avatar. The Education of Henry Adams But if my desires were fulfilled by the capture of this bird of paradise, those of our Canadian huntsman remained unsatisfied. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The fine plumes of male birds of paradise trouble them during a high wind. The Descent of Man Who had named those birds the birds of paradise? Phyllis of Philistia The other Ministers' wives were not born to charm the sight, and people smiled when they read that Madame Labillette had appeared at the Presidency Ball wearing a headdress of birds of paradise. Penguin Island He is an apparition of beauty — a veritable bird of paradise, as, indeed, he is sometimes called. Bird Neighbors Sometimes they set snares on the tops of the tall trees that the bird of paradise prefers to inhabit. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The Gallinaceae exhibit almost as strongly marked sexual differences as birds of paradise or humming-birds, and many of the species are, as is well known, polygamous; others being strictly monogamous. The Descent of Man If tennis is the word, I can put up nets fit to catch birds of paradise in. An Unsocial Socialist But she had a soul above ducks—above nightingales; aye, even above birds of paradise. Options He thought of the sober-hued plumage that this bird of paradise was accustomed to wear in her cage, and this winged revelation puzzled him. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million It was a "great emerald," one of the rarest birds of paradise. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Again, the barbs of the feathers in various widely-distinct birds are filamentous or plumose, as with some herons, ibises, birds of paradise, and Gallinaceae. The Descent of Man If there was a beautiful lily, or a sweet rose, you had to search for it, concealed in some corner behind a mother with a turban, or an aunt with a bird of paradise. The Count of Monte Cristo Marshall, Dr. W., protuberances on birds' heads; on the moulting of birds; advantage to older birds of paradise. The Descent of Man It cannot be supposed, for instance, that male birds of paradise or peacocks should take such pains in erecting, spreading, and vibrating their beautiful plumes before the females for no purpose. The Descent of Man During the easterly monsoon season, birds of paradise lose the magnificent feathers around their tails that naturalists call 'below–the–wing' feathers. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
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