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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
11. Manucode Phony gammus keraudreni Lesson and Garnot 
Phon-y-gam-mus — Gk, phone , voice ; Gk, garnos, marriage : kerandreni — 
Keraudren, French voyager and naturalist. 
Distribution. — Northern Queensland, from Cape York to the Claudie 
River district; also occurs in New Guinea. 
Notes. — Also called Australian Bird of Paradise and Trumpet-bird. 
Usually in pairs, frequenting the tall fruit and berry-bearing scrub-trees, 
usually in the company of other fruit-eating species. It has a melodious 
call, and also utters a loud and deep guttural note. Food: native fruits and 
berries. 
Nest . — An open and rather shallow structure, composed almost en- 
tirely of strong curly vine tendrils and creeping plant-stems woven 
together ; lined with finer tendrils. Usually placed in a thin forked branch 
of a leafy tree, at heights up to 70 feet or more from the ground. The 
nest of this species is usually placed in a tree close to one containing a 
nest of a Butcher-bird. 
Eggs. — Usually two, pale purplish-pink, well marked with short long- 
itudinal streaks and spots of reddish-chestnut, purple, and purplish-grey, 
the markings becoming more numerous towards the larger end. Breeding- 
season : October to the end of January. 
12. Koel Eudynamys orientalis Linne — 12A. Female 
Eu-dy-na-mys — Gk, eu } well, good; Gk, dynamis, power: or-i-en-ta-lis — 
L., orientalis, eastern. 
Distribution . — North-western, northern, and eastern Australia to as 
far south as Victoria; also occurs in Timor, the Molucca Islands, and 
New Guinea. 
Notes. — Also called Cooee-bird and Flinders Cuckoo. Usually in 
pairs, frequenting the big scrubs and brushes. It is a migratory species, 
arriving in New South Wales during September and departing in March. 
Its joyful call, “Coo-ee,” may be heard at night as well as in the day-time; 
besides the “Coo-ee” it has other notes uttered in quick succession. It is 
exceptionally noisy during mating-time. This Cuckoo is often pursued by 
other birds, more especially those species that act as fosterers. Food: 
chiefly native fruits and berries and introduced fruits such as mulberries 
and figs; also insects. 
Parasitic — known foster-parents number about twelve species, chiefly 
the larger Honey-eaters and Orioles. 
Egg. — Pale reddish-salmon, rather sparingly sprinkled with dots 
and small irregular markings and short wavy streaks of dull purplish- 
red and purplish-grey, the latter appearing as though beneath the shell; 
the markings predominate towards the larger end. Breeding-season: 
October to January or February. 
