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Wonders of the Bird World 



illustrations of the ' Birds of Australia ' were painted by 

 his devoted wife, who accompanied him on his voyage of 

 discovery. 



It was the sight of one of these bowers in the Sydney 

 Museum that first stimulated Gould to search for them 

 himself, with the result that he discovered several in the 



The Bower of the Satin Bower-bird (Ptilonorhync/ius violaceus). 

 (From a photograph by Mr. A. J. North.) 



cedar-brushes of the Liverpool Range, where they were 

 built in the most retired part of the forest, under the shelter 

 of the branches of the overhanging trees. The construction 

 of a bower has been minutely described by Gould, and his 

 account cannot be improved upon. First of all there is a 

 base or platform somewhat convex in shape, composed of 

 firmly interwoven sticks, and on this platform the bower 



