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Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



One evening we discovered a bower on the ground, under- 

 neath thick scrub, and a small bird gaily tripping through. 

 It was perfect, but not so large as those usually built by 

 other bower-building birds, being only 7 inches or 8 inches 

 high, with walls 7 inches broad at the base, and an average 

 width inside of 3^ inches. After much difficulty a photograph 

 was taken of the interesting structure. 



BOWER OF REGENT-BIRD. 



From a Photo by the Author. 



From the " Australasian." 



Eegent-Birds being frugivorous, are very destructive to the 

 fruit crops of the selectors, and, like man\' other fruit-eating 

 birds, are very partial to the black, juicy berries of the ink- 

 weed {Phytolacca), an introduced plant, which flourishes 

 breast-high in nearly every clearing throughout the district. 



On questioning the aboriginals- (Richmond River tribe) 

 about the Regent - Bird, they called it '' Selgun," which 



