THE LOST BIRDS OF PARADISE. By Errol Fuller.

1995 1st edition. Pp160. Colour illustrations throughout, map, bibliography, pictorial end-papers. Black boards.

"...an intriguing study of a group of birds whose existence has been almost entirely forgotten, yet a group that contains some of the world's most exquisitely beautiful and extravagantly ornamented creatures." A fascinating and informative book with many magnificent paintings and illustrations. Chapters include; Mantou's Rifle Bird; Duivenbode's Rifle Bird; Sharpe's Lobe-Billed Rifle Brid; Rothschild's Lobe-Billed Bird of Paradise; the Astrapian Sicklebill; Elliot's Bird of Paradise; the mysterious bird of Bobairo; Wilhelmina's Bird of Paradise; the King of Holland's Bird of Paradise; the Lyre-Tailed King; Ruy's Bird of Paradise; the Wonderful Bird of Paradise; Paradisea mixta; Lupton's Bird of Paradise; Frau Reichenow's Bird of Paradise; Captain Blood's Bird of Paradise.