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GENUS CHL AM YDODERA - With a lateral subterminal notch on upper 

 mandible ; nostrils not completely hidden ; bill longer and thinner 

 than preceding genus, its depth at nostrils much less than inner toe. 



167. C. macillata. Old., Spotted Bower-bird. 



Male. Band of bright lilac feathers on nape ; upper surface 

 mottled all over with reddish spots or bars at tips of feathers ; 

 throat and sides of body with spots or bars of brown ; head rufous- 

 brown, slightly varied with spots. 



Female. No lilac band ; flanks barred with dus-ky ; throat 

 light reddish or tawny, slightly varied with dusky- brown cross- 

 bars and edges to feathers. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 6, 7. 



168. C. gilt tat a Old., Yellow-spotted Bower-bird. 



Male. Head silvery brown instead of rufous-brown of C. macu- 

 lata. 



Female. Differs from C. maculata in having throat fulvescent, 

 closely mottled with blackish centres and margins to feathers. 

 Hab. : 1, 7, 9. 



169. C. nuchalis. .Tardine and Selby, Great Bower-bird. 



Male. Band of bright lilac on nape ; upper surface mottled with 

 ashy- whitish or white tips or bars at ends of feathers ; throat and 

 sides of body perfectly uniform ; head uniform, 



Female. No lilac band ; flanks perfectly uniform, or with 

 obsolete bars of dusky ; under tail coverts whitish, with narrow bars 

 of dusky-brown ; head uniform. 

 Hab : 1, 8, 9. 



170. C. Ork'iltnl is. Old., Queensland Bower-bird. 



Male Band of bright lilac on nape ; head mottled with silvery- 

 white tips to feathers, instead of being uniform, as in C. nuchalis. 



Female. Distinguished from female C. nuchalis by having head 

 mottled with silvery-whitish tips to feathers. (Age may effect this.) 

 Very closely allied to C. nuchalis. 

 Hab. : 2. 



171. C. CCrviniventriS, Old., Fawn-breasted Bower-bird 



No band of bright lilac on nape ; flanks uniform ; under tail 

 coverts fawn colour, like breast ; throat pale, longitudinalty streaked 

 with dusky ; head and hind-neck uniform ; back minutely spotted 

 or streaked with white. 

 Hab. : 2. 



GENUS SCENOP^EUS. Bill higher than broad at nostrils, with a 

 distinct festoon in upper mandible, formed by two notches on edge. 



172. S. dentirOStriS. Ramsay, Tooth-billed Bower-bird. 



General colour above dark olive-brown ; ear coverts dusky -brown, 

 streaked with reddish-brown ; the sides of neck similarly streaked 

 with broader streaks ; under surface of body fulvous, having a 

 streaked appearance. 



Total length, 10 '5 in.; bill, I'l in. j wing, 5 '6 in. ; tail, 3 '1 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 '3 in. 

 Hab. : 2. 



GENUS SERICULUS. Bill at nostrils as high as it is broad. 



173. S. melinus, Lath.. Regent-bird. 



Adult Male. Head, neck, and upper mantle of a velvety texture 

 and brilliant orange-yellow, rest of mantle and entire back black ; 

 under surface of body black. 



Adult Female. General colour above brown, mottled with white 

 centres to feathers, edged with black ; hinder crown and occiput 



