. The Emu. Birds -- Periodicals; Birds -- Australasia Periodicals. Vol. l'.)21 J , The Satin Bozvcr Bird. 21 raised oti' the sides of the lx)dy, the tips pointing to the ground, similarly as I have seen it done by Song Thrushes, when watching for insects on a lawn. The tail was pointed downwards, too, almost at a right angle to the back, the legs were set apart as. Characteristic pose of Satin-Bird when in Bower; tail curved, wings sHghtly raised, feet wide apart. From a drawing by Neville Cayley, usual. Sketch \, which Mr. Xeville Cayley has made for me, may give an app
. The Emu. Birds -- Periodicals; Birds -- Australasia Periodicals. Vol. l'.)21 J , The Satin Bozvcr Bird. 21 raised oti' the sides of the lx)dy, the tips pointing to the ground, similarly as I have seen it done by Song Thrushes, when watching for insects on a lawn. The tail was pointed downwards, too, almost at a right angle to the back, the legs were set apart as. Characteristic pose of Satin-Bird when in Bower; tail curved, wings sHghtly raised, feet wide apart. From a drawing by Neville Cayley, usual. Sketch \, which Mr. Xeville Cayley has made for me, may give an approximate idea of this attitude. Again, head and tail would be raised, but instead of the feathers of the latter lying in one plane, the tail was curved in half-moon fashion, as sketch B shows. From time to time he would raise both his wings high up, erecting his whole body at the same time, but whether the tips of the wings touched above or not. I cannot say. He did this generally when, after performing on one side of the platform, he hopped over to the other, to begin there anew, the wings being raised whilst he hopped over. Xow and then he would hop away in a peculiar limping fashion, stop- ping for a while behind a tussock out of view, as it appeared, of the female, uttering drawing away a peevish note like "ee-ee-ae ae ae ae ae ; It was just as if an actor retired for a few moments from the stage behind the scene "to recuperate. - Each act of the play would be started by the male with a se- quence of notes, that reminded me of the sound produced by a wooden rattle, used years ago in Europe by small boys, though not as loud, like "fur-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-rae rae rae rae rae ; etc. Other notes that followed were "'chait chait chait"; "cheet cheet cheet"; "chrac chrae ciirae" ; "heerere chtie chae chae ;" "ae ae ae"; "hwee hwee"; "'hwae-ae cheae cheae," etc.: "chrc
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