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Bird of paradise Lawes’ parotia, P. lawesii. (A) Habitat view (photo courtesy of Tim Laman). (B) Photograph of the nape of the bird, showing the silver-colored, mirror-like occipital feathers. (C) Slightly oblique view of the breast feathers showing the drastic variation in color along the differently inclined feathers. (D) TEM of a barbule of an occipital feather. (E) TEM of a barbule of a breast feather. Scale bars: (A) 5 cm, (B) 1 cm, (C) 1 cm, (D) 2 µm, (E) 5 µm.
