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THE BIEDS OF AUSTRALIA 



The Queensland Bower-bird. 



Chlamydodera orientalis. 



Nortli and north-east Australia. 



Head mottled with silvery tips to the feathers; upper surfaces 

 similar. The band of bright lilac on the nape. 



A.ustralian Museum. 

 Bower of Queensland Bower-bird {Chlamydodera orientalis). 



The Fawn-breasted Bower-bird. 



Chlamydodera cerviniventris. 



South New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago, Cape York. 



Upper surface brown, each feather of the back and wings margined 

 and tipped with buflfy white; no lilac band on the nape; throat striated 

 with greyish-brown and bviff; under surface of shoulder, abdomen, thighs 

 and under tail-coverts pure light-fawn colour. Total length 11.5 inches, 

 bill 1.25, wing 5.75, tail 5, tarsus 1.62. 



All the last four above-mentioned Bower-birds make large 

 bowers,, very similar to that of the Spotted Bower-bird. The 

 nest and eggs are also very similar in colour and markings. 



