Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Six-shafted Bird of Paradise (
Parotia sexpennis
)
The Standard Wing, named Semioptera wallacei by Mr. G. R. Gray, is an entirely new
form of Bird of Paradise, discovered by myself in the island of Batchian, and especially dis-
tinguished by a pair of long narrow feathers of a white colour, which spring from among the
short plumes which clothe the bend of the wing, and are capable of being erected at pleas-
