RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1857]. A. R. Wallace, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 20 1857; Audubon. CUL-DAR84.2.123. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, corrected and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2011. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.
Wallace, A. R. 1857. On the Great Bird of Paradise, Paradisea apoda, Linn.; 'Burong mati' (Dead Bird) of the Malays; 'Fanéhan' of the natives of Aru. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 2) 20 (120): 411-416. http://wallace-online.org/content/frameset?pageseq=1&itemID=S037
The verso has a note on Audubon.
Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
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Wallace, Annals & Mag. of N. Hist. vol XX 1857 p. 412 says Birds of Paradise prefer certain lofty trees, which are known to the hunters, & there early in the morning from 10 to 20 full-plumaged birds assemble, on the notice express it, to play & dance
It is not stated that ♀s present, perhaps not noticed by native hunters.
Reference
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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