NOTES. 



NOTE I. 



THE GARDENER BOWER-BIRD, 



THIS curious bird was first described by Schlegel, and 

 a coloured illustration of its garden and bower will be 

 found in Gould's Birds of New Guinea. The fullest 

 account, however, seems to be that of Signer Beccari, 

 which first appeared in a scientific periodical of Genoa. 

 It was translated for the Gardeners' Chronicle of March 

 n, 1878, and I am permitted to make use of the very 

 interesting narrative : 



" The Amblyornis inornata or, as I propose to name 

 it, the Bird-gardener is a Bird of Paradise of the dimen- 

 sions of a turtle-dove. The specific name ' inornata ' 

 well suggests its very simple dress. It has none of the 

 ornaments common to the members of its family, its 

 feathers being of several shades of brown, and showing 

 no sexual differences. 



4 'It was shot some years ago by the hunters of 

 Mynheer von Rosenberg. The first descriptions of its 



