These plumes can be raised at the will of the bird, and spread out into a pair of elegant fans when the wings are elevated.

But this is not the only ornament.

The two middle feathers of the tail are in the form of slender wires about five inches long, and which diverge in a beautiful double curve.

About half an inch of the end of this wire is webbed on the outer side only, awe coloured of a fine metallic green, and being curled spirally inwards form a pair of elegant glittering buttons, hanging five inches below the body, and the same distance apart.

These two ornaments, the breast fans and the spiral tipped tail wires, are altogether unique, not occurring on any other species of the eight thousand different birds that are known to exist upon the earth; and, combined with the most exquisite beauty of plumage, render this one of the most perfectly lovely of the many lovely productions of nature.