( lib WIN I '• »I »KKA With a lateral subterminal notch on upper 

 mandible >rapletelj hidden; bill longer and thinner 



thai. | depth at nostrils much less than inner toe. 



< . mariilata. 1. 1.1.. Spotted Bower-bird. 



Male. Band of bright lilac feathers on nape ; upper surface 

 [ed ill! over with reddish spots <>r bars at tips of feathers; 

 throat and >i-l' - of body with Bpote or bars of brown ; head rufous- 

 l.r.iw ii. slightly varied with sp 



Female. So lilac hand ; flanks barred with dusky ; throat 

 light reddish or tawny, Blightly varied with dusky brown cross- 

 .• here. 

 II, 6,7. 



— 4 . guttata Gld., Yellow-spotted Bower-bird. 



Ma h-. Bead silvery brown instead of rufous-brown of C. macu- 



lata. 



Female. om < '. maculata in having tlnoat fulvescent, 



closely mottled with blackish centres ana* margins to feathers. 



" Hah. : 1. 7. 9. 



< . nuchalis. Jardine and Selby, Great Bower-bird. 



Male Band of brighl lilac on nape; upper surface mottled with 

 ashy-whitish or white tips or bars ;it ends of feathers ; throat and 

 ly uniform : head uniform 



Female. -No lilac band; flanks perfectly uniform, or with 

 obsolete bars oi dusky ; under tail coverts whitish, with narrow bars 

 of dusky-brown ; head uniform. 



flab : I. 8, 9. 



17" l\ ori<'lltalis. <dd.. Queensland Bower-bird. 



Male Band of bright lilac on nape ; head mottled with silvery- 

 white tips to feathers, instead of being uniform, as in C. nuchalis. 



Female. Distinguished from female C. nuchalis by having head 

 mottled withsilvery whitish tips to feathers. (Age may effect this.) 

 \ • ry closely allied to C. nuchal;-. 

 Hab. : 2. 



171. CJ« «•«•!*> inm-ntris. Gld., Fawn-breasted Bower-bird 



band of brighl lilac on nape ; flanks uniform ; under tail 



wn colour, like breast ; throat pale, longitudinally streaked 



with dusky; head ami hind-neck uniform; back minutely spotted 



• i eaked wit h white. 

 Hah. i 2. 



-i ENOP 1 US. Bill higher than broad at nostrils, with a 

 distinct fest i in appei mandible, formed by two notches on edge. 



17- S. deotlrostris* Ran y» Tooth-billed Bower-bird. 



era! colour above dark olive-brown ; ear coverts dusky-brown, 

 iked with reddish-brown; the sides of neck similarly streaked 



witi ks ; under Burface of body fulvous, having s 



teed <\>\« ai 

 Total length, 10*5 in. ; bill, 1*1 in. ; wing, 5*6 in ; tail, .'> 7 in. ; 

 3 in. 

 2 



3ERI< PLUS. Bill at nostrils as high as i1 is broad 



H, mellnos, pat-bird'. 



Adul; M I, ni i k. and upper manth- of a Velvety texture 



yellow, reel oi mantle and entire hark l>la<k ; 

 und< 



\ i colour above brown, mottled with white 



• 1 with black; hinder crown and occiput 



