Two birds-of-paradise with iridescent green heads and golden-yellow plumage perch among delicate foliage, their dramatic crimson tail feathers cascading downward in luxurious curves. This hand-colored naturalistic illustration captures the birds in precise anatomical detail against a soft, cream background, rendered in the ornithological style of nineteenth-century natural history documentation. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.