24 XUP.LIXG, The Safin Boiccr Bird. [^Tthlh 



against my throat, I had to swallow, and, faint as the -ound can 

 only have been, he heard it, hopped out, and went off. 



Spent the night under the open sky on the hillside. Watched 

 ^ fine Lyre-P>ird performance at close range on two mounds be- 

 fore 5 o'clock next morning. 



About (). the bluc-ljlack and a green Satin were seen liigli up 

 in a tree near the old fireplace. At 7 1 found the first decoration 

 on the new bower's platform; five liillardiera blossoms, to which 

 later a blue paper label was added ; also saw the Satin about the 

 bower. I left a few bits of blue paper, two small strings of blue 

 beads, and some single ones, near the bower, which were later 

 found on the platform, another addition being a dry Schizomeria 

 leaf. Saw him then fixing sticks in the walls, and later w'atched 

 a short performance with the female in the bower, as previously 

 described, confirming my former observations. Xew notes 

 were heard: "chjua liwoa" and "boa cliooroo." 



After 3 o'clock I saw the Satin tiying from the bower, and 

 found there a dry Baiiksia leaf. Sitting at the foot of a turpentine 

 tree I saw him hop]>ing along from the bower towards me. On a 

 l^iece of log. al)Out 7 or 8 feet away, he sto]:)ped, craned his neck, 

 looked at me for a few seconds, and then fiew away, apparently 

 satisfied tliat there was nothing to worry about. A thunder- 

 storm coming up about 4 o'clock, I left noticing a blue-black and 

 a green I'ower-Bird together in a new locality on the way. 



On the 4th December, Dr. E. A. D'Ombrain and myself visited 

 the Park together. We found, bower Xo. i in the same, not 

 very impressive condition. Later a Rufous-fronted Fantail 

 i KJiipidnra rufifrotis), whose mate had evidently a nest not far 

 away, was obserxed chasing off a big Catbird, which latter, then 

 Avith another member of its species, was feeding in a cabbage- 

 palm on the ripe black berries. At the same spot, where last 

 Saturday I iiad made a fruitless search for a bower, we saw again 

 a blue-black and a green Satin together. This time we searched 

 in vain below the road. 



Arriving at Bower Xo. 3, we found that it had been comi)lctoil 

 during the week, and looked very fine intleetl. Many finer sticks 

 and stalks had been inserted between the coarser sticks, which 

 formed the main structure of the walls, practically hiding them 

 from view, and forming an arch above. Several of the finer 

 .sticks were 24 inches in length. On the platform the collection 

 incluc'ed blossoms of Billardiera. two snail shells, part of a 

 Cicada larval shell, one or two small feathers of the Crimson 

 l^arrot, some of the blue paper bits, one string of the blue beads, 

 and several single ones. We saw the Satin in a tree not far off', 

 but although we stayed some time, he did not visit the Ijower. 

 Later Mr. Potter arrived, and we spent the night in the oju-n on 

 the hillside, some 100 yards from the bower. 



