132 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Seen botli at Coolabah and Brewarrina. Flocks of these 

 birds uttering their somewhat mournful notes, were observed 

 in the neighbourhood of the railway station in the former 

 locality, and on the banks of tlie Barwon River, near Bre- 

 warrina. Their actions in the trees resemble those of the 

 Apostle-bird (Strnthidea cinerea) hopping quickly from limb to 

 limb, and at the same time rapidly elevating and depressing 

 their outspread tail-feathers. During flight, the white bases of 

 the quills are very conspicuous. 



Chlamydodeba macdlata. 



Spotted Bower-bird. 



Calodera maculata, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc , 1836, p. 106. 



Chlamydera viaculata, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., iv., pi. 8 (1848). 



Chlamydodera vuicidata, Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 

 450 (1865) ; Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vi., p. 389 

 (1881) ; North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bd., 2nd. ed., i., 

 pfc. ii., p. 41 (1902). 



Rare, owing principally to the drought, and not met with at 

 Brewarrina, although I was informed that it occurred in tlie 

 neighbourhood, when the summer fruits were ripening. Only 

 on one occasion was it seen at Coolabah. While conversing 

 with Mr. Leslie Grady, the Postmaster, just outside the 

 Post Office, on the 14th October, a Spotted Bower-bird flew 

 past quite close to us towards the Stationmaster's garden, but 

 was not seen again. 



I was informed at the hotel at Coolabah that some of these 

 birds used to frequent the introduced Pepper trees 

 (Schiiius iiiolle), growing near the house, their presence usually 

 being indicated by mimicking the notes of other species, but 

 none were met with while I was there ; the only species pro- 

 cured from these trees being the Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater 

 {AcaiUhogenys rnfigularls). When at Bundong, in company 

 with Constable W. C. Wrightson, Mr. Victor B. Hall, Junr., 

 informed as that the Spotted Bower-bird did considerable 

 damage in the orchard, especially when the persimmons were 

 ripening. On making known that specimens of these birds 

 were required by the Australian Museum, Mr. Hall later — on 



