28 Xl'RJJXG, The Satin Bozvcr Bird. Tisfjir 



and white china, soir.e as lari^e as 2' _> by 2 Indies. Several green 

 and a blue Satin were on and about the bower, and also in the very 

 rough gully behind the bower. Returning to the bower I found 

 two small sprigs of wattle blossoms ( black wattle ) deposited 

 there, and also three soft-fleshed, elongated, light-brown fruits, 

 with a very thin skin and two rows of small seeds inside, previ- 

 ously noted in the jungle, but which I cannot identify. 



In the jungle further up the river Catbirds were noticed feed- 

 ing on fallen plums of Achras. Wild violets noted on platform 

 of bower Xo. 3. Satins later observed in various places. 



16th January, at Audley. about 8 a.m.. some half-dozen Satins 

 were feeding in low bushy trees bearing small green berries, and 

 three more were noted on the river Hat in front of the accommo- 

 <lation-house. apparently young among them, judging by their 

 'ize. Seen flying across Kangaroo Creek. Towards bower Xo. 

 1 three green Satins were bending down leafy twigs of eucalypts 

 and picking off insects. At l'])]jer I'each Trees not a bird in 

 the fig-tree. liower Xo. 4 looked neglected; a broken marine 

 shell was on the j)latform. and a small blackish feather. 



26th January, u]) western side of river to Upper I'each Trees. 

 Windy day. ( )nly young Catbird seen. Searched on several 

 river flats for bowers, but without result. 



30th January, several Satins in neighbourhood of Ijower Xo. i. 

 Xoticed near little jilayground two green males in j^lumage 

 change. The new dark-blue feathers showed on the rump, 

 neck, and probably back; a large patch was in the centre of the 

 wing, and over the under surface a number of dark-blue spots 

 was dis])ersed, each about the size of a sixpence. 



5th February, was told of a Ijower on Kangaroo Creek. Went 

 a sliort distance up the creek, and after a little search found the 

 bower on a flat, close to the foot of a rocky hill slope, among high 

 brackenferns, at the back of a black wattle grove, some fifteen 

 yards from the water's edge. Mower at end of oval platform, 

 close to stone, and tiny i:)inetree sapling. Length of the Avails, 

 SJ/ inches; external width. 12 inches; internal at bottom 4^2 

 inches, in centre, and abr)Ut 3'.. to 4 inches at ends; height. 10 

 inches; thickness of tlie une(|ual walls. 3 and 4^.' inches respec- 

 tively. Decorations were only of three kinds, namely, four 

 pieces of dark-blue glass, a Ijit of blue paper, and four little bags 

 of washing l)lue. Tith February, visited bower again with ^Ir. 

 Potter. A few green Satins and Catbirds observed later. 12th 

 February, young Catbird seen in the afternoon about bower Xo. 

 I, showing a good deal of greyish-brown in tail feathers and 

 primaries; no white spot yet on neck; white s])<it> <>n wing-^ not 

 very distinct yet; side of face much lighter than in adull. 



Two male Satins were also there. a])ixarentlv the same as pre- 

 viously observed in change of plumage, in whicii the dark-blue 

 was now very predominant. The stil; golden-brown outer wing 

 feathers showeil in sliari) cntvasi to the dark-blue. The under 



