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CAYLEY’S BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
Coloured plates by NEVILLE W. CAYLEY 
Text by A. S. Le SOUEF, assisted by CHAS. BARRETT, C.M.Z.S. 
With contributions by many Australian Ornithologists 
To be published in parts by ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD., Sydney 
The nomenclature adopted by the R.A.O.U. (‘Official Check List of the Birds 
of Australia”) will be followed, including any changes that may be made by the 
present Check List Committee prior to the publication of the part dealing with the 
species concerned. 
FORM FOR RECORDING FIELD NOTES 
(Numbers as per R.A.O.U. Check List 1913) 
No. 2a Name... Megaloprepia...assimilis 
NOTE :—All replies to the following questions to be based solely on personal observation. 
When this form has been filled in, it should be posted to Mr. NEVILLE W. CAYLEY, 
C/o Messrs. Angus & Robertson Ltd., 89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 
1, Vernacular or popular names, stating localities where used :— 
Jllied Fruit-Pigeon 
"Bellbukcoo" Cape York Peninsula. 
2. Notes on habits, ete.; type of country favoured by species; state whether 
rare or abundant :— 
N.Queensland, 
Cape York Peninsula, Fairly numerous in the tropical 
scrubs throughout the peninsula, <A few birds were noted 
on Banks (¥foa) Island, during 1919, Ifot noted on any of 
the other islands, 
Usually seen singly or in pairs, four or five birds have 
occasionally been seen in the same feeding tree, 
These birds are not afddi1_shy, they appear to know that 
their brilliant plumage’ blends perfectly with the varied 
colors of the surrounding foliage;asthey sit quite still 
(frecze) as one approaches, thus trusting to escape obs- 
ervation, I have repeatedly knowm of a bird to be in a. 
certain tree, and l have spent some considerable time in 
Searching for—-it; but did not see it until it moved; in 
nearly every instance the bird was in full view against 
a background of foliage, 
They call frequently during the day. ‘The call is a loud 
medium-toned, throaty, bubbling, cooing, rapidly uttered 
series of notes, Oobellubbukcoo, repeated several times 
with from two to three seconds interval between each call 
They breed chiefly in ithe scrubs. I have only found one 
nest in the forest country and another in the mangroves, 
