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THE SATIN BOWER-BIRD. 
(Ptilonorhynchus Holosericeus.) 
THIS singular bird was first brought before the notice of 
the public by Mr. Gould, in his splendid work entitled the 
Birds of Australia, from which work the following extracts 
are given by permission of its author. The most re- 
markable circumstance relating to this bird, is its form- 
ation of a bower-like structure, for the purpose of being a 
sort of playing-ground, or hall of assembly. 
"The Satin Bower-bird," says Mr. Gould, "is not a 
stationary species, but appears to range from one part of a 
district to another, either for the purpose of varying the 
nature, or of obtaining a more abundant supply of food . 
Judging from the contents of the stomachs of the many 
specimens I dissected, it would seem that it is altogether 
granivorous and frugivorous ; or, if not exclusively so, 
that insects form but a small portion of its diet. Inde- 
