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Beautiful Birds

Name: Beautiful Birds
Author: Edmund Selous

Edmund Selous

Read by Scotty Smith, Natalia Cichy, jenno, lectora5, RPBrevard and Elsie Selwyn · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Why Beautiful Birds are Killed (31:10)
Birds of Paradise (25:21)
The Great Bird of Paradise (32:09)
The Red Bird of Paradise (20:15)
The Lesser, Black, Blue, and Golden Birds of Paradise (33:42)
About all Birds of Paradise, and some Explanations (22:53)
About Humming-Birds, and some more Explanations (23:59)
Some very Bright Humming-Birds (34:48)
Hermit Humming-Birds and Two Other Ones (18:55)
The Cock-of-the-Rock and the Lyre-Bird (25:35)
The Resplendent Trogon and the Argus Pheasant (25:37)
White Egrets, 'Ospreys', and Ostrich-Feathers (25:16)