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...Crown of Feathers Previously known only from a century-old specimen-although a female was spotted in 1981-the male BERLEPSCH'S SIX-WIRED BIRD OF PARADISE, with six thin feathers protruding from his head, had never been seen by scientists in the wild...
Died. Baron Hans Hermann von Berlepsch, 83, scholar, statesman; in Berlin. He was appointed Prussian Minister of Commerce (1890) by Wilhelm II, who thereby ousted Prince Bismarck from that post (which he held in addition to the Chancellory), and gave warning that he would soon "drop the pilot...
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