The Glossy-mantled Manucode was the first bird of paradise seen by the French naturalist RenÃ - PrimevÃ re Lesson , who was the first ( ( westerner ) to see live wild birds of paradise . The Glossy-mantled Manucode was the first bird of paradise encountered by the French naturalist RenÃ - PrimevÃ re Lesson , the first westerner to see live wild birds of paradise .