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In this volume, Edmund Selous explains the beauty of birds to children. We meet some of the most beautiful birds in the world, and learn about their lives. We also learn what to do when our mothers decide to wear hats with stuffed birds on them!
- Chapters
- Why Beautiful Birds are Killed
- Birds of Paradise
- The Great Bird of Paradise
- The Red Bird of Paradise
- The Lesser, Black, Blue, and Golden Birds of Paradise
- About all Birds of Paradise, and some Explanations
- About Humming-Birds, and some more Explanations
- Some very Bright Humming-Birds
- Hermit Humming-Birds and Two Other Ones
- The Cock-of-the-Rock and the Lyre-Bird
- The Resplendent Trogon and the Argus Pheasant
- White Egrets, 'Ospreys', and Ostrich-Feathers