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minutes, while the Regent-bird hopped round me, and finally on 
to the ground at my feet, when, looking down I saw the bower 
scarcely a yard from where 1 was standing : had I stepped down 
of] the log 1 must have crushed it. The bird after hopping about 
and rearranging some of the shells (Helices) and berries, with 
which its centre was filled, took its departure, much to my relief, 
for I was beginning to feel uncomfortable with standing so long 
in the same position. Further research was not very successful; 
we met with only one other bower. Wishing to obtain a livin'' 
specimen of so beautiful a bird as the adult male of this species, 
1 detoi mined to leave the structure until the last thing on my 
final return to Lismore, which was on the 3rd of November 
following. AY e then stopped on our way, and setting eight snares 
round the bower, anxiously awaited the result. It was not long 
before we heard the harsh scolding cry of the old bird, and knew 
that he had ‘put his foot in it.’ Having taken him out and 
transferred him to a temporary cage, we carefully pushed a board 
bi ought for the purpose, underneath the bower and removed it 
without injury. It is now before me, and is placed upon and 
supported by a platform of sticks, which, crossing each other in 
various directions, form a solid foundation, into which the upright 
twigs are stuck. This platform is about fourteen inches long by 
ten broad, the upright twigs are some ten or twelve inches high, 
and the entrances four inches wide. The middle measures four 
inches across, and is filled with land shells of five or six species, 
and several kinds of berries of various colours, blue, red, and black, 
which gave it when fresh, a very pretty appearance. Besides 
these there were several newly-picked leaves and young shoots of 
a pinkish tint, the whole showing a decided ‘ taste for the 
beautiful ’ on the part of this species.’ 
While in the same locality where the above bower was discovered 
(Taranya Creek), Dr. Ramsay was successful in finding the nest 
of this species on the 12th of November of the same year ; it was 
built in a cluster of “ Lawyer vines ” Calamus australis. In shape 
the nest was like that of Culljjriociucla harmonica , and composed 
of twigs, mosses, leaves ifcc., about five inches across by three deep. 
