. The Emu. Birds -- Periodicals; Birds -- Australasia Periodicals. 30 , The Satin Bozcer Bird. 1st July 'I'he absence of the IJower-lHrds durini^ the latter months tnnii the Dunibal Grove juni^le, the brush j^ulHes at tiarie, ami a i)atch of jungle a few miles south of (iarie visited on the 25th March, may be accounted for by the relative aiisence or scarcity of suit- able native fruits. l*-lse\vhere, outside the jungle, many birds are. however, still found in the old places, particularly about the former l)ower Xo. 1. .\p])arcntly they select fur tiie breeding. Unfinished Bower No. 7.
. The Emu. Birds -- Periodicals; Birds -- Australasia Periodicals. 30 , The Satin Bozcer Bird. 1st July 'I'he absence of the IJower-lHrds durini^ the latter months tnnii the Dunibal Grove juni^le, the brush j^ulHes at tiarie, ami a i)atch of jungle a few miles south of (iarie visited on the 25th March, may be accounted for by the relative aiisence or scarcity of suit- able native fruits. l*-lse\vhere, outside the jungle, many birds are. however, still found in the old places, particularly about the former l)ower Xo. 1. .\p])arcntly they select fur tiie breeding. Unfinished Bower No. 7. Photo, by E. Nubling. .-eason such localities as ])riivi(k- them with a continuous supjjly of food for several months, till the liatcliing and partly the rear- ing of the young are com])leted. 24th April, blue and green Satins still about bower Xo. 1. l-'otmd at Gundamain, on the saltwater jiortion of the river, ai^out two miles down from Audley, bower Xo. 7. on a narrow rock- ledge, some 30 feet above the water. There was i)ractically no jjlatform at all, the bower being erected on a two-inch thick bed of tightly-interlaced strong sticks, the outline of which coincided exactly with the groundline of the bower. Two branches had fallen on top of the bower, but it had stood the i)ressurc well, and only a. few sticks were slightly dislocated. There were no decorations. The measurements of the bower were—length. 12 inches; width, external 13 inches, internal at ends 5 inches, in the centre 7 inches; thickness of walls, 3'j inches and 5 inche- re- xjiectively. which ])eculiarity has been 'previously noted ; the aver-. 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 Australasian Ornithologists' Union; Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne : Australasian Ornithologists' Union
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