Show murderous M 11 II nery when the male birds of paradise assemble to woo the females by dis playing their wonderful plumage the native fowler of the tropics builds a screen creen in the lower branches and shoots the male with blunt arrows so as not to draw blood the feet wings and skull are then removed and the skin smoked over a slow alft ali hum ming birds are usually shot with a blow tube loaded with fine sand the skins are smoked and packed in crates for transport strong efforts are being made in india and elsewhere to put a stop to such murderous millin ery |