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Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



I give details of three of these bowers, which may be taken 

 as types. 



BOWER OF SPOTTED BOWER-BIRD. 



From a Photo by the Author. 



From the "Australasian.'' 



1. Under a clump of Bursaria bushes, with thistles and 

 other vegetation growing near — platform or approach larger 

 at one entrance. Space immediately around the bower and 

 centre of avenue-like walk composed of dead twigs, well 

 trampled down. Exterior portion of walls composed of 

 twigs ; interior side of walls composed of yellowish grass 

 stalks, with the seeding parts uppermost. Number of bones 

 — leg-bones, ribs, and vertebrae of sheep — 90 at one entrance, 

 92 at the opposite. Inside the bower were 24 bones. Other 

 decorations inside and round about were — pieces of glass, 

 24 ; Hakea seeds, 30 ; Quondong (Santalum) seeds, 4 ; and 

 green pine branchlets, 2. 



