A'ESTS AXD EGGS 01' AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. igj 



158. Geocichla cuneata. Do Vis. 



BROADBENT GROUND THRUSH. 



f /gi(«. — Seebohm : Monograph of the TurdidH?, pi vii 

 Reference — Proc. Roy. Soc, y., vol. si., p. J42. 



Geographical Dutrihution. — North Queensland. 



Nest and Eggs. — Undescribed. 



Observations. — There appears, according to that excellent collector, 

 Mr. K. Broadbcnt, to be two representatives of the Ground Thrush in 

 Northern Queensland. He wiites : — "Of these, Hein's Thrush (G.hdnii) 

 is rare in the district, occurring at Herbert Gorge ; and the second, 

 Broadbent's Thi-ush (G. cuneata, De Vis), occurring at Herberton, con- 

 stitutes one of my new discoveries. This is a larger bird than either of 

 the other species of the genus, even including the southern species 

 (G. lunuJata), and is distinguished among them by this circumstance and 

 the rufous colour of its under tail coverts. It is a tnje moimtain-loving 

 bird, though not to be met with on the mountains at the back of Cardwell. 

 At Herberton even it was rather scarce ; there it is especially active in 

 wet weather towards sunset, when its mournful note is very noticeable. 

 A clue to its habits may be foimd in the fact that I got bushed one night 

 wliilst pursuing it in the rain." 



FAMILY— TIMELIID^ : BABBLING THRUSHES. 



Sub-family — Ptilo.vorhy.nchin.*; : * Bower Birds. 



159. — Ptilonorhynchi's violaceus, Vieillot. — (276) 

 SATIN BOWER BIRD. 



Figure. — Gould: Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iv., pi, 10. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi., p. 381. 



Previous Descriptions of £ggs.— Campbell : Southern Science Record 



(1S83). and Nests and Eggs Austn. Birds, pi. i, fig. 276 (1SS3), 



also Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc, Edin., vol xiv. p. 13 (1S981; 



Ramsay : Proc Linn. Soc, X S. Wales, 2nd ser., vol. i.. 



p. 1059, pi. 19 fig 2 (1886) ; North .Austn. Mus. Cat., pi. 11. 



fig. 6 (1S89). 



Geograjihiral Diatrihution. — Queensland, New South Wales, and 

 Victoria. 



Nest. — Open, shallow ; somewhat loosely constructed of twigs ; lined 

 inside with leaves (Eucalyptus) and placed in a scrubby bush or tree, at 



• This sub-family should be included in the Paradiseiil.i (Birds of Paradise), and 

 follow No. 57. 



