382 Darwin, and after Darwin. 
ground is selected as a site for the building. The 
latter is about two feet high, and constructed round 
the growing stalk of a shrub, which therefore serves 
as a central pillar to which the frame-work of the 
roof is attached. Twigs are woven into this frame- 
work until the whole is rendered rain-proof. The tent 
Fic. 121.—The Garden Bower-bird (dmblyornis inornata. Reduced 
from Gould's Birds of New Gutnea to } nat. size. 
thus erected is about nine fect in circumference at its 
base, and presents a large arch as an entrance. The 
central pillar is banked up with moss at its base, and 
a gallery is built round the interior of the edifice. 
This gallery is decorated with flowers, fruits, fungi, &c. 
These are also spread over the garden, which covers 
