Meteorological Observations taken in Edinburgh. 13 



II. JYests, Eggs, and Play -grounds of the Australian 



Ptilonorhynchinae, or Bower - Birds, and their Allies. 



By Archibald J. Campbell, Esq., Melbourne. 

 [Plates I.-III.] 



(Read 15th December 1897.) 



Ptilonobhynchus violaceus, Vieiltot. 



Satin Bower-Bird. 



[Plate I.] 



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

 Reference.— Cdit. B. Brit. Mus., vi. p. 381. 



Descriptions of Eggs. — Campbell, Southern Science Record (1883); 

 Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., 2nd Series, vol. i. (1886). 



Geograiohical Distribution. — 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 a height varying from about 



