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THE MINO BIRD. 



bowers, which had evidently been resoiled to for many years, contained nearly half a bushel 

 of bones and shells." 



The color of this bird is a rich brown covered with buff spots, and upon the back of the 

 neck there is a band of lengthened feathers of a beautiful rose-pink, and glistening with a 

 satin-like sheen. For more detailed information of these curious bii'ds, as well as for some 

 admirable colored engravings of themselves and their bowers, the reader is referred to Gould's 

 " Birds of Australia." 



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SPOTTED BOWER BVRVi.—ClUamydodera mamlata- 



The account of the Cllossy Starlings would )>e incomplete without a passing mention of 

 the JuiDA, a bird rather larger than the common starling, with an elongated tail, and a plum- 

 age that is most singularly covered with every imaginable shade of shining copper, purple, 

 violet, and blue, intermixed in such a manner as to defy description, and seeming as if the 

 hues had been sj^lashed at random upon the feathers, and then rubbed in and polished. There 

 are several species of Juida, some inhabiting Australia, and others being found in India and 

 Africa. They live in flocks, often attacking the gardens and making great havoc among the 

 fruit. They are also in the habit of perching u])on the backs of cattle for the sake of catch- 

 ing the various insects which are always to be found upon a cow's back. Their nest is u^uaDy 

 made in the clefts of rocks. 



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