. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . ll wax-yellow; forepart of the head anda broad stripe down tlie centre extending beyond thenape black: sides of crown grey; ear-coverts and sidesof neck brownish-grey; a large loral patch white; chinand upper portion of tite throat white, bordered by a line ofblack feathers extending from the gape below the eye and/nining wiili the black feathers of the lower throat; foreneckatid chest brownish-black; centre of the breast and abdomenwhite; sides of breast greyish-brown, tinged with sandy-^ff> flanks, vent and under tail-co
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . ll wax-yellow; forepart of the head anda broad stripe down tlie centre extending beyond thenape black: sides of crown grey; ear-coverts and sidesof neck brownish-grey; a large loral patch white; chinand upper portion of tite throat white, bordered by a line ofblack feathers extending from the gape below the eye and/nining wiili the black feathers of the lower throat; foreneckatid chest brownish-black; centre of the breast and abdomenwhite; sides of breast greyish-brown, tinged with sandy-^ff> flanks, vent and under tail-coverts sandy-buff; billblach: legs and fe-t dark horn colour; his bright orange. Total length in the flesh 9 inches, wingIf-2, tail S-S, bill 0-7, tarsus 1. Adult the male, but has the foreh<-ad, lores, and feathers below the eye andcheeks brown; centre of the upper throat dull white, and the fore neck and chest broivn. Distribution—QMeens\^.nd, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Central Australia,Western and North-western CRESTED ISELL-IilRD. * Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr., Vol. L, p 230. (1S65). 40 PACHYCEPIIALIN*. ^N favourable situations the Crested Bell-bird is distributed over the greater portion ofJl Australia. In New South Wales it gives decided preference for inland open forests andbelts of timber growing on the plains, and does not occur near the coast. Its food consistingof various kinds of insects and their larvae, is obtained either on the ground, over which itproceeds in a similar manner as CoUyriocinda harmonica, or among the larger branches of trees. The powers of ventriloquism of this bird are truly wonderful. Its singularly low, mournfuland plaintive note, now rising, now falling, appears to be a long way off, and it is not until ithas reached its fullest and highest bell-like tones, that one may discover the bird perchedmotionless on a branch only a few yards away. I first heard the note of this bird at Yendon inVictor
Size: 1493px × 1673px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthornorthalf, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1901
