 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - Liczba stron: 376
...plumes of most of the birds of paradise. The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character, spring from li,ttle tubercles close...the wing, and can be raised at right angles to it, VOL. IL c or laid along the body at the pleasure of the bird. The bill is horn colour, the legs yellow,... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - Liczba stron: 694
...plumes of most of the birds of paradise. The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character spring from little tubercles close...curved, and equally webbed on both sides, of a pure creamy-white color. They are about six inches long, equalling the wing, and can be raised at right... | |
 | De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - 1882 - Liczba stron: 948
...the side plumes of the birds of paradise. The four long white plumes, which give the bird its most unique character, spring from little tubercles close...gently curved, and equally webbed on both sides, of a creamy-white color. Of the people of Bouru a little should be said. The aborigines, or Alfoories, resemble... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 2003 - Liczba stron: 464
...plumes of most of the birds of paradise. The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character, spring from little tubercles close...the shoulder or bend of the wing; they are narrow, gentle curved, and equally webbed on both sides, of a pure creamy white colour. They are about six... | |
 | Henry Walter Bates - 2004 - Liczba stron: 550
...plumes of most of the birds of paradise. The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character, spring from little tubercles close...they are narrow, gently curved, and equally webbed on Iwth sides, of a pure creamy white colour. They are about six inches long, equalling the wing, and... | |
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... the feathers on the lower part are elongated on each side, so as to form a two-pointed gorget, which can be folded beneath the wings, or partially erected and spread out in the same way as the side plumes of most of the birds of paradise. The four... 