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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.

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[p] 1. Quiscalus (?)

193 3. Picus [males pursue] [illeg] by [illeg] [Cited in Descent 2: 43.]

4. Icterus to prove a centre of attention from the hens

5 Icterus, later fatigued she makes a choice.

6. Cathartes please mutually [Audubon vol. 2, p. 42.]

12 Anser competing for hen every day till satified with their choice. Vol. 3 [p. 2]

Menura vol. I. p. 300, 308.

Bower birds p.444 (448) 451 resorted for years [Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 102n: "Gould, 'Handbook of Birds of Australia,' vol. i. p. 300, 308, 448, 451."]

Wallace, Alfred Russel 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 2d ser. 20 (120): 411-416. Text

Audubon, John James. 1831-1839. Ornithological biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The Birds of America, and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners. 5 vols. Edinburgh: Adam Black. [on Beagle] CUL-DAR.LIB.14 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 PDF vol. 5 PDF

Gould, John. 1865. Handbook to the birds of Australia. London: by the author. 2 vols. CUL-DAR.LIB.229 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF