. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . uring a nineyears residence in the vicinity of their haunts, and who had unparalleled opportunities forclosely studying their habits, kindly favoured me with the following notes:—NewtonsBower-bird frequents Mount Bartle Frere and the Bellenden Ker Range. Near Cairns Imet with it, principally at Boar Pocket, Scrubby Creek, and the Upper Russell River. It isalways found in or near thick scrub and never in the open forest country below the a permanent resident in these scrubs, it moves about from place to place ac
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . uring a nineyears residence in the vicinity of their haunts, and who had unparalleled opportunities forclosely studying their habits, kindly favoured me with the following notes:—NewtonsBower-bird frequents Mount Bartle Frere and the Bellenden Ker Range. Near Cairns Imet with it, principally at Boar Pocket, Scrubby Creek, and the Upper Russell River. It isalways found in or near thick scrub and never in the open forest country below the a permanent resident in these scrubs, it moves about from place to place accordingto the abundance of its food supply, for it lives entirely on wild fruits and berries. The noteof the male is very difficult to imitate, but when playing in the bower he frequently utters asound like the croaking of a bull-frog. He also possesses the power of mimicry, and I haveoften heard him imitate the notes of the Tooth-billed Bower-bird, the Spotted Cat-bird, andQueen Victorias Rifle-bird. The note of the female is like that of the Grey Shrike-Thrush. NEWTON S BOWKll HIIUJ. • Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensld., Vol. vi., p. 247 (1890). t Rept. Queensld. Govt. Sci. Exped. to Bellenden Ker Range, (1889). ; Rec. Aust. Mus., Vol. i., p. 27, (1890). PKIONODUUA. ° (Colhvwanda harmomca), but not so loud, and as tliey are somewhat ahke in colour and form,I have frequently mistaken one for the other in the thick scrub. 1 have found a great numberof their bowers. Those of the f^rst season are simply a lot of sticks and twigs placed aroundtwo small trees growing about a yard or slightly more apart. The following season it is addedto and gradually assumes a V shape at the bottom of the inner portion, being now about twofeet in height. As a rule, there is a stick placed transversely across the bower, within f^ve orsix inches^of the bottom. The walls are added to each season, but one is always built higherthan the other after the first year. The largest I ever found was nine feet hig
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