. The birds of Australia. Birds. 324 THE BIKDS OF AUSTEALIA the males assume their full nuptial plumage. The birds pair strictly in the spring, and rear two or three broods during the season. All the members of the families keep together in a company during the year, and from the excess of hen-birds the association suggests polygamy, but the blue male who "proudly struts his dames before" is but the mate of one and the father of the others. In the summer moulting the males lose their. "The ; B. Bun-ell. Blue Wren: Ulalurus eyaneus, Female near entrance of Nest. brillian
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 324 THE BIKDS OF AUSTEALIA the males assume their full nuptial plumage. The birds pair strictly in the spring, and rear two or three broods during the season. All the members of the families keep together in a company during the year, and from the excess of hen-birds the association suggests polygamy, but the blue male who "proudly struts his dames before" is but the mate of one and the father of the others. In the summer moulting the males lose their. "The ; B. Bun-ell. Blue Wren: Ulalurus eyaneus, Female near entrance of Nest. brilliant colours and are scarcely distinguishable from the hen birds. As the next spring draws on the colours are resumed, and the young birds are dismissed to take upon them domestic duties of their own. Curiously enough it seems that sometimes unmated males will assist a mated pair in feeding and tending the nestlings. There are some nineteen Australian species of these charming little Wrens or Superb Warblers. The females of all save M. amahilis, are of a homely brown; the males are brilliantly coloured during the breeding 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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