1162 NOTES ON THE BOWER BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



ScENOPffiUS dentirostris, Ramsay. 



This remarkable bird is quite unlike any other genus of the 

 family, and is found only in the dense brushes of the Bellenden 

 Ker Range, situated on the North-east Coast of Queensland ; its 

 range does not extend further north than the scrubs near 

 Cooktown, nor has it been found further south than the Herbert 

 River. As far as at present known this species does not build a 

 bower, but in lieu thereof clears a space in the scrub about 10 feet 

 in diameter, and ornaments it with little heaps of bright berries, 

 and gaily coloured leaves and flowers &c. An interesting account 

 of the habits of this species will be found in the Proceedings of 

 the Zoological Society of London, 1875, p. 591. Nothing is known 

 of its nidification at present. 



