. Wonders of the bird world. Birds. 132 Wonders of the Bird World of moss, a spray of Acacia blossom, some small seed-conds of an Eucalyptus, the egg-bag of a spider, six specimens of a land-shell, which Mr. Charles Hedley informs me is an unnamed and remarkably keeled and depressed variety of Thcrsites gulosa of Gould, and one specimen of Helicarion ; Gould also mentions the partiality for bright Parrots' feathers which the Satin-birds evince ; and their. Double-archc-d Bower of the Spotted Rower-bird {Chlamydodera niaculaia). (From n sketch by Mr. A. J. North.) propensity for
. Wonders of the bird world. Birds. 132 Wonders of the Bird World of moss, a spray of Acacia blossom, some small seed-conds of an Eucalyptus, the egg-bag of a spider, six specimens of a land-shell, which Mr. Charles Hedley informs me is an unnamed and remarkably keeled and depressed variety of Thcrsites gulosa of Gould, and one specimen of Helicarion ; Gould also mentions the partiality for bright Parrots' feathers which the Satin-birds evince ; and their. Double-archc-d Bower of the Spotted Rower-bird {Chlamydodera niaculaia). (From n sketch by Mr. A. J. North.) propensity for appropriating any small article is so well known to the natives that they at once search the bowers in the neighbourhood for anything that is missing. All the species of Spotted Bower-birds {Chlamydodera') are expert architects, but instead of making a platform of sticks, they make a trench on either side, and plant their sticks in it so as to make an arched bower. Large numbers of shells are used in their decoration, and the late Sir George Grey narrates that he found some of the arbours of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, 1847-1909. New York, Frederick A. Stokes company
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