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Bower-Bird (Prionodura newtoniana) ; in fact, I have seen 

 all these four species feeding in the same tree. These Satin- 

 Birds, as they are more popularly designated, may be often 

 met with during the month of May in the open, along the 

 edges of the scrubs, feeding upon the tops of young ferns. 



From a Photo 



BOWER OF SATIN BOWER-BIRD. 

 Mr D. Le Souiif. From the '' Anatralafdan.' 



I have seen flocks of two hundred or more, composed in large 

 proportions of plain- coloured mottled birds, with about ten or 

 twelve dark or deep blue-coloured individuals amongst them." 



Kegarding this Bower-Bird in Southern Queensland, I 

 have in Mr Hermann Lan's MS. the following: — 



" Satin-Bird. — The sea-coast scrubs are its haunts. Now 

 and again it comes out to tho open forest to feed upon the 



