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" ... feet in height, roofed with, orchid-stems that slope to the ground, regularly radiating from the central support, which is covered with a conical mass of moss, and sheltering a gallery round it One side of this hut is left open, and in front of it... "
International Journal of Microscopy & Natural Science - Page 94
1894
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A Dictionary of Birds, Parts 1-2

Alfred Newton - Birds - 1893 - 610 pages
...mass of moss, and sheltering a gallery round it. One side of this hut is left open, and in front of it is arranged a bed of verdant moss, bedecked with...some three feet in diameter, and the mossy lawn in "GARDEN" or AMBLYORNIS. (After Beccarl. From The Gardeners' Chronicle, NS, vol. iz. p. 838.) front...
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The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals ..., Volume 3

Ethnology - 1908 - 320 pages
...mass of moss, and sheltering a gallery around it. One side of this hut is left open, and in front of it is arranged a bed of verdant moss, bedecked with...a heap behind the hut, and replaced by others that ar« F>:a: tj II'. Savilli-Kint, FZS KING BIRD OF PARADISE A native of New Guinea ; remarhable for...
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The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observations

William Temple Hornaday - Animal behavior - 1922 - 398 pages
...is arranged a bed of verdant moss, bedecked with blossoms and berries of the brightest color. As the ornaments wither they are removed to a heap behind...feet in diameter, and the mossy lawn in front of it is nearly twice that •s expanse. Each hut and garden is believed to be the work of a single pair...
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The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observations

William Temple Hornaday - Animal behavior - 1922 - 392 pages
...conical mass of moss sheltering a gallery round it. One side of this hut is left open, and in front of it is arranged a bed of verdant moss, bedecked with blossoms and berries of the brightest color. As the ornaments wither they are removed to a heap behind the hut and replaced by others that...
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