CONTENTS
Chapter 1. The First of the Family
Genus Paradisaea
Chapter 2. The Twelve-wired Bird
Genus Seleucidis
Chapter 3. The King and his Cousins
Genus Cicinnurus
Chapter 4. The Head-plumed Dancers
Genus Parotia
Genus Lophorina
Genus Epimachus and Genus Drepanornis
Genus Astrapia
Genus Ptiloris
Genus Semioptera and Genus Pteridophora with Genus Astrapia
Chapter 10. The Meaning of the Dances
Appendix. People Associated with the Discovery and Visual Representation of Birds of Paradise