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The Queensland Naturalist. 
July, 1920 
which are in themselves both handsome and sweet-voiced, 
and have therefore no instinctive need to adopt such a 
method of winning feminine favour? In this regard 1 think 
particularly of remarkable instances given me bv IMessrs. 
W. G. and R. C. Harvey and Mr. J. O’Xeil Rrenan con- 
cerning the Koel (Eudynaniis cyauoccphala ) and the 
Orange-backed Wren (Malurus mclanocephaliis ) respec- 
tively. 
The Harvey brothers, after stating that the Koel 
returns to their district (IMackay, North Queensland) from 
FEMALE KOEL CUCKOO, 
This bird, being pi.rsutd by friar-biids, took refuge in a garden near Macka} , 
where ^he suffered lirjself lo be caiigiit and photographed rather than face the 
an jry “ leaiherheads. [Pi ofo by W. G. & R ( . Harvey 
the North about the middle of September of each, year, 
remark that odd birds may be heard ‘‘ cooeeing " for mates 
in apparently a most disconsolate manner — a habit tliat has 
earned for the species the name of " Cooee Bird." *' M hen 
the male bird is courting a female." they add. “ he Vv'ill seek 
all sorts of gaily-coloured dower-petals and other articles, 
which he ]:>resents to her in a most elegant manner. The 
female, in truly feminine fashion, assumes an air of languid 
indilterence, but with a keen eve to business nevertheless." 
