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the dense scrub about thirty miles from Atherton, in Queens¬ 
land. The nest is an open cup-shaped structure placed in 
or near a tree-trunk. iThe eggs are of a nearly uniform 
faint creamy or warm white, “ totally different from those 
of the typical Bower-birds, which are noted for their 
strikinglj" contrasted colours and the peculiarity of their 
markings.*’ The curious habits of the males and the large 
bowers which they construct are described from Mr. Sharp’s 
information. He also tells us that the hen builds a bower 
for herself, similar to that of the male, but much smaller. 
The Tooth-billed Bower-bird, which was originally 
described by Bamsay in 1875, has also long remained 
unknown as regards its nesting-habits, but Mr. Sharp has 
solved this riddle also. As is told us by Mr. North, 
Mr. Sharp found the first nest of this bird about five miles 
from Atherton, in N.E. Queensland, on the 7th of November, 
1908, and a second on the following day. The nest is a 
frail structure very loosely built, as will be seen by 
Mr. North’s figure of it. The first nest contained two 
eggs of a uniform creamy-brown colour, resembling very 
much the eggs of JEluroedus maculosus. Strictly speaking, 
however, Scenopoetes is not a Bower-bird, for it makes 
no bower. On the other hand, it is not a true Cat-bird, 
for it forms a playground, which the Cat-birds do not. 
Mr. Sharp’s field-notes on both these species, which are 
given by Mr. North at full length, are of great interest, and 
he well deserves the best thanks of all ornithologists for 
the trouble he has taken in the matter. 
72. North on a new Australian Parrot. 
[Note on some Living Examples of Psephotus dissimilis . By Alfred 
J. North. Yict. Nat. xxv. p. 175 (1909).] 
Mr. North examined at Sydney 16 living specimens of a 
Parrakeet brought from Pine Creek, some 200 miles S.E. of 
Port Darwin, in the Northern Territory of South Australia. 
At first he regarded them as referable to Psephotus 
dissimilis of Collett described from the same locality (cf. 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 214), but on further examination 
