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  1. One of 40 species of crow-like birds,
  2. family Paradiseidae, native to New Guinea
  3. and neighbouring islands. Females are drably
  4. coloured, but the males have bright and 
  5. elaborate plumage used in courtship display.
  6. Hunted almost to extinction for their
  7. plumage, they are now subject to
  8. conservation.
  9.