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Cole, Notes on the Satin Bower-Bird. 



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List 



Emu 



April 



rays of the sun played upon the purplish feathers and the 

 beautiful sapphire-blue eyes flashed. The bird kept spreading 

 its tail, drooping its wings, and mimicking all birds common to 

 the district — Lyre-Bird included. Then suddenly it would 

 break into the purring note, and a " green " bird with a straw- 

 berry in its bill would join it. Upon the male bird taking the gift 

 the other would fly off. Suddenly several green-plumed birds 

 made their appearance, and one, settling close to me, gave a 

 warning note, when they all disappeared in the scrub. 



Satin Bower-Birds are very fond of fruit, early morning and 

 evening being their favourite times for raiding orchards. The 

 owner of the orchard mentioned informed me that the birds 

 were a great nuisance, but it was a very rare thing to 

 black-plumed bird out feeding in the open with the 

 ones, and that the " green " birds kept carrying fruit 

 scrub. Other orchardists have told me the same thing. 



I have heard it stated that the male Satin Bower-Bird does 

 not live long after it attains the dark plumage. I have kept a 

 caged bird five years after the change. It then accidentally 

 gained its liberty, and, after staying about the house for a few 

 weeks, disappeared. 



see a 

 " green " 

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List of Birds Observed on Parry^s Creek, North- 



West Australia. 



By Gregory M. Mathews, F.L.S., &c. 



From notes supplied to me by Mr. Rogers I make out the 

 following list, showing the birds' movements during February, 

 March, and April, 1909. 



It will be noticed that some of the birds mentioned in my two 

 lists* of the birds of that district for 1908 have left the locality. 



