. The birds of Australia. Birds. 418 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA entrance of the avenue, the arrangement being the same at both ends. In some of the larger bowers, which had evidently been resorted to for many years, I have seen half a bushel of bones, shells, &c., at each of the entrances. I frequently found these. Australian 'Museum. Spotted Bower-bird: Chlamydodera maculata. structures at a considerable distance from the rivers, from the borders of which they could alone have procured the shells and small round pebbly stones; their collection and transportation must therefore be a task of gr
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 418 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA entrance of the avenue, the arrangement being the same at both ends. In some of the larger bowers, which had evidently been resorted to for many years, I have seen half a bushel of bones, shells, &c., at each of the entrances. I frequently found these. Australian 'Museum. Spotted Bower-bird: Chlamydodera maculata. structures at a considerable distance from the rivers, from the borders of which they could alone have procured the shells and small round pebbly stones; their collection and transportation must therefore be a task of great labour. I fully ascertained that these runs, like those of the Satin Bower-birds, formed the rendezvous of many ; This is Gould's classical. 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 Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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