MANUCODE. 
left hurriedly, with both Butcher-Birds in hot pursuit. They returned, and 
one flew directly into the top of the tree where the intruder had been, and 
remained there. ‘Nest No. 1,’ I thought. This time the Manucodes 
remained in the tree in which I had first seen them. One of them, however, 
flew into a thick clump of leaves in a thin bloodwood {Eucalyptus). I waited 
some time, and, as the bird did not reappear, I knew that I had located ‘ Nest 
No. 2.’ The Manucode’s nest contained two fresh eggs, that of the Butcher- 
Bird a small young one. I had now disturbed both the C. quoyi and Manucodes 
for a considerable distance around. A few days later I heard, in a different 
locality, the warbhng note of C. quoyi in forest country, about 200 yards from 
a scrub. I instantly made towards the sound, and while I was doing so a 
Manucode flew directly over my head and made for the scrub. I soon located 
the Butcher-Bird, and after watching her a while, had the satisfaction of seeing 
her fly on to her nest, which contained eggs. I then began to search every 
tree, and found the Manucode’s nest in the top of a thick bushy tree. The 
nest was not complete, and I did not touch the Butcher-Bird’s eggs. 
Eight days later I took a very fine pair of Manucode’s eggs from this nest.” 
MacgiUivray (the younger) has recorded McLennan’s accounts of his 
experiences, where, foUowdng Barnard’s note, he was able to confirm it in detail. 
I only quote an additional item: “ Saw one of these birds fly into a rubber 
tree about 50 yards from the Butcher-Bird’s nest. In a few minutes its mate 
flew into the same tree with some building material. They were just starting 
a nest. I watched them for about half an hour, and twice in that period the 
male bird flew into the scrub and returned with a vine tendril and added it 
to the nest. The rest of the time he spent in an adjoining tree, uttering his 
pecuhar call and preening his feathers. The female was exceedingly busy 
gathering her nesting material—aerial rootlets from the tree in which she was 
building—occasionally uttering a harsh croak in answer to her mate’s more 
melodious call.” 
Later, MacgiUivray added: “ The Manucode (for no better or more 
euphonious vernacular name could be given it) is fairly common in the scrubs 
of the Claudie River. It keeps, however, to the roof of the scrub, and is not 
easily detected. With its double crest and shining black plumage it is a 
handsome bird. The irides are orange, bill yellow, gape black, mouth and 
throat blue-black, feet and legs black, and soles of feet greyish.” 
The Cape York form was separated as a different species many years ago 
on account of its oily-green coloration where the New Guinea form has purple- 
blue. Rothschild, the first specialist in the world on Paradise Birds, regarded 
the differences as of subspecific value only, and in this respect I followed him. 
As Rothschild’s views of subspecies are very broad, including many forms I 
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