. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. SPOTTED BOWER a\RO.—ChU'myd^ra vuietUdta. colours. It has a harsh, grating, scolding note, generally uttered when its haunts are intruded on, by which its presence is detected. The situation of its runs or bowers varies much. They are considerably larger and more avenue-like than those of the Satin Uower I'.ird, being in many instances three feet in length. They are outwardly built of twigs and lined witii tall grasses ; the decorations are very profuse, consisting of bivalve shells, crania of
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. SPOTTED BOWER a\RO.—ChU'myd^ra vuietUdta. colours. It has a harsh, grating, scolding note, generally uttered when its haunts are intruded on, by which its presence is detected. The situation of its runs or bowers varies much. They are considerably larger and more avenue-like than those of the Satin Uower I'.ird, being in many instances three feet in length. They are outwardly built of twigs and lined witii tall grasses ; the decorations are very profuse, consisting of bivalve shells, crania of small mammalia, and other bones. Evident indications of contrivance are manifest throughout the whole of tlie bower and its decorations, particularly in the manner in which the stones are arranged, ai)parently to keep the grasses with which it is lined firmly in their places. A row of stones diverges from the mouth of tlu; run on each side, so as to form little paths, while the heap of decorative materials is placed at a heap before the entrance; this arrangement is the same at both ends. Some of the lai'ger bowers, which had evidently been resorted to for many years, contained neai'ly half a bushel of bones and ; Till! colour of this binl is a rich brown covered with buff spots, and upon the back of the neck there is a band of lengthened feathers of a beautiful rose-pink and glistening with a satin-like shecai. For more detailed information of these curious birds, as well as for soini; admirable coloured (nigravings of tliL'mselvcs and their bowers, the reader is referred to tJould's "llirds of ; The account of the Glossy Starlings would be incomplete without a passing mention of the Jl-ida ; a lurd ratlur larger lliaii our starling, with an elongated tail, and a plumage that most singularly covered with every imaginabli' shade of shining copper, purple, violet, and l)lue, in such a manner as to defy description, and
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