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pick up a gay feather or a large leaf, utter a curious kind of noise, 
set all his feathers erect, and run round the bower, into which at 
length the female proceeds, when he becomes so excited that his 
eyes appear ready to start from his head, and he continues opening 
first one wing and then the other, uttering a low whistling note, and 
like the common Cock, seems to be picking up something from the 
ground, until at last the female goes gently towards him, when, after 
two turns round her, he suddenly makes a dash and the scene 
ends.” This pair of birds was sent to England by Mr. Strange for 
the Earl of Derby, and had they not unfortunately died from cold 
when rounding Cape Horn, they would doubtless have continued 
their singular habits in his lordship’s magnificent aviary at Know r s- 
ley. 
The habitat of this species appears to be confined to the south- 
eastern part of New South Wales, for it has not as yet been found 
in any other portion of the country. 
261. Ptilonorhynchus Smithii, Vig. fy Horsf. . . Vol. IV. PI. 11. 
Genus Sericulus. 
A single species only of this form has yet been discovered. 
262. Sericulus chrysocephalus Vol. IV. PI. 12. 
Sericulus magnirostris , Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V. 
p. 145 ; and in Syn. Birds of Australia, Part IV. Young. 
The brushes of the south-eastern part of Australia is the only 
locality in which this bird has yet been found. 
Family ? 
Subfamily ORIOLIN7E. 
Genus Oriolus. 
The typical Orioles are widely distributed over Europe, Africa, 
Asia, the Indian Islands, and Australia, but no species has yet been 
discovered in Polynesia or America. 
Three species inhabit Australia, two of which are figured, the 
third from the northern part of the country is so nearly allied to the 
O. viridis , that a description alone will be sufficient. 
263. Oriolus viridis Vol. IV. PI. 13. 
264. Oriolus affinis, Gould. 
Inhabits the neighbourhood of Port Essington, and only differs 
from the preceding species in having a smaller body, a shorter wing, 
a much larger bill, and in the white spots at the tip of the lateral 
tail-feathers being much smaller in extent. 
265. Oriolus flavocinctus Vol. IV. PI. 14. 
Genus Sphecotheres. 
Australia presents us with a single species only of this genus ; 
