. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . es of theorant Ranges, near Upper Lyvermga Station, but only one contained an n^st was built in a Bauhima tree, about a foot from the ground. Another nest, found byMr. E. J. Harris on the 6th November. lyoo, near Xobbys Well, Fitzroy River, was also built in aBauhinia tree, at a height of sixfeet from the ground, and eontained-a single egg, which is nowin Mr Keartlands collection. The breeding-time, it has since been ascertained, depends uponthe season-being mfluenced by the ramfall ; nests having been found from Sep
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . es of theorant Ranges, near Upper Lyvermga Station, but only one contained an n^st was built in a Bauhima tree, about a foot from the ground. Another nest, found byMr. E. J. Harris on the 6th November. lyoo, near Xobbys Well, Fitzroy River, was also built in aBauhinia tree, at a height of sixfeet from the ground, and eontained-a single egg, which is nowin Mr Keartlands collection. The breeding-time, it has since been ascertained, depends uponthe season-being mfluenced by the ramfall ; nests having been found from September toDecember. Regarding this species, ^Ir. E. OliNe has kindly supplied me with the following notes:—^Chlamydodn-a mtchalis is plentiful in the neighbourhood of the Katherine River, in theNorthern Territory of South Australia. I have seen between twenty and thirty feeding m atree at the same time. Thev are shv vet incjuisitix e. and often would they hop on the groundor branches to within a yard or two of me if 1 kept quiet, (.enerally their bowers are built. BOWER OF GKEAT liOWER-BlRD. under the shade of trees, or under small shrubs, out in the open, and near dead timber. At oneplace where these birds were common there were sexen bowers within a space of fifty yardssquare, and one getting built which I watched from start to finish. Of the eight, there were onlythree of them in use; the others were old, although they looked as good as the new ones. 1 hefoundation of the new bower was made of sticks laid on the ground almost parallel to oneanother, to the thickness of about an inch, and then the sticks to form the walls of the bowerwere inserted in the crevices. The outer measurements of this bower were, roughly, eighteeninches in length and fourteen inches in breadth; across the inside it measured six inches at itswidest part. The decorations were quartz crystals, land shells, and fruit. At another bower Ifound a revolver-cartridge, with a bullet in it, and some pieces of
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