PLATE XL. 



MANUCODIA GOULDII (Q. R Gray). 



GOULD'S MANUCODE. 



BOUT the northern part of Australia and in the adjacent islands this bird is fairly common. 



Almost nothing is known of its habits, beyond the fact that it lives entirely on insects. The 

 first specimens were obtained during Captain Stanley's expedition. 



The crown of the head, ear-plumes, the lanceolate feathers on the sides of the neck, the centre 

 of the abdomen, and the back are green ; primaries, blackish-brown ; rest of wing-feathers, green ; 

 remainder of plumage, purplish-black ; irides, dark red ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 



Habitat : North coast of Australia. 



GENUS OREOICA (Gould). 



rj^HLS is a strictly Australian genus, of which only one species is known. 



OREOICA CRISTA! A (Q. R. Gray). 

 CRESTED OREOICA. 



TI^HE range of this species is very large, extending over the whole of the southern portion of Australia, 

 -L the spots most frequented being ston} T and sterile land, almost devoid of vegetation. 



It is most often seen in small companies of from three to six, hopping over the ground, where 

 the greater part of its food, which consists of various seeds and insects, is obtained. When disturbed, it 

 resorts to the branches of the nearest tree. 



Its note, which it utters while perched on the limb of a tree, is very remarkable, consisting of 

 a whistle several times repeated and ending with a ringing sound, something like a bell, which 

 obtains for it in some places the name of " Bell-bird." It is, moreover, a perfect ventriloquist, so that 

 when perched at a few yards from an observer, its note appears to come from a long distance. 



