How did the bird of paradise get its ,name?
When our world seems dready we sometimes turn our minds to a place called Paradise where there is no unhappiness and all is perfect beauty. Once in a while we find something here which we think is wonderful enough to belong in Paradise. The so called birds of paradise, each one more beautiful than the next, would certainly be raked in this class. But thus is not the entire story of how they came to get their fantastic names, This story begins with the bold mariners who took their fragile sailing ships farther and farther across the unknown oceans of the world, They found the fascinating island of New Guinea even before Magellan rounded the world and then returned to Europe loaded with amazing tales and trophies, Some of the treasures were bird skins covered with breath taking plumage. These skins had been removed from their native birds and prepared by the natives of New Guinea. In order to display the ‘let skins of dazzling plumage it was customary to remove the feet and legs from the
