SPOTTED BOWER-BIRD. 
pi. XL, 1913 (Eggs); Alexander, ih,, Vol. XXIII., p. 94, 1923 (Q.); Whitlock, 
ib„ p. 278, 1924. 
Chlamydodera occijntalis Gould, Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. IV,, Vol. XVI., p. 429, 
Dec. Ist, 1875 : North Queensland = Port Albany ; id,^ Birds New Guinea, pt. x. 
(Vol. L, pi. 46), Sept. 1st, 1879 ; Sharpe, Mon. Paradis,, Vol. 2, pi. 29, 1891. 
Chltmydera macxduia maculaia Rothschild, Ibis, 1911, p. 365; Mathews, Nov. Zool., 
Vol. XVIII., p. 439, 1912; id.^ List Birds Austr., p. 310, 1913. 
Cldamydera macxdata occipitalis Mathews, Nov, Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 439, 1912 ; id,, 
List Birds Austr., p. 310, 1913. 
Ghlamydera maculata guttata Rothschild, Ibis, 1911, p. 365; Mathews, Nov. Zool., 
Vol. XVin., p. 439, 1912 ; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 310, 1913. 
Chlaviydera maculata clelandi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 439, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
South Australia; id.. List Birds Austr., p, 310, 1913. 
Chlamydera maculata subguitata Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVHI., p. 440, Jan. 31st, 1912 ; 
East Murchison, West Australia ; id., list Birds Austr., p. 310, 1913. 
Chlamydera maculata macdonaldi Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. II., pt. 4, p. 78, 
Dec. 29th, 1913 : Macdonald (error for MacDonnell) Ranges, Central Australia. 
Chlamydera maculata sedani Mathews, ih. ; Cloncurry River, Queensland. 
Chlamydera maculata macdoyinelli S. A. Wliite, Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 191, 1915. 
Chlamydera maculata nova Mathews, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. XL., p. 76, Jan. 30th, 
1920 ; North-west Cape, ]Mid-west Australia ; Carter and Mathews, Ibis, 1920, 
p. 499, pi. XIV. 
Chlamydera mactdatacarteri Mathews, Ibis, 1920, p. 499, footnote, April 9th, 1920; new 
name for preceding which is not AlphacKtamydera cerviniveniris nova Mathews, 
Austral Avian Record, Vol. II., p. 132, 1916 : New Guinea. 
Distribution. Across Central Australia from east to west; not in extreme North 
Queensland, nor extreme Northern Territory, nor in extreme South-west or South 
Australia. 
Adult (male^.). Feathers of the lores, fore-heid, crown and sides of the face chestnut, 
margined with blackish and glossed with silverv-whii e; a large broad patch of 
lilac-pink feathers across the Ixind-neck, su(‘t eeded b ' a band of asn-brown feathers ; 
back, rump, upper tail-coverts and wing-* o\ er s bl ckish-brown, each feather with 
a chestnut spot at the extremity ; prim ries nd se^ onduries blackish-bro^^m, %videly 
margined on the inner web with whi isu-^ ellow and wich a chestnut tip ; tail similar 
to the wings, but with a chestnut b; r a.cro.ss i.e ex remity ; feathers of the throat, 
chest and sides of the breast brownis‘i-o. .es nu wi ll concentric bars of blackish- 
brown; belly and under tail-coverts win c; under-surface of wings oUve-brown, 
widely margined on the inner web wi lig-. ellow. Bill 3 ^e]low, feet brown. 
Total length 265 mm.; culmen 18, wing 150, t.; 11 108, tarsus 42. Figured. 
Collected in South Australia (?) and is the pe o; clelandi. 
Adult male. Feathers of the head brownish-bl -ck, e i te ter with a round spot of chestnut 
surrounded by glossy bronze ; a 1 rge p * o. LI c-pinlc feathers across the hind- 
neck; mantle, back, rump, upper tnil-. o * s, wii-g-' over;s and secondary-coverts 
black, each feather with a large spo o. guide t-taifl ai the extremity; primaries 
and secondaries brownish-black, m rgine l oi e ou er web with straw-colour 
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