were observable. I frequently found these structures at a considerable distance from the rivers, from the 
borders of which they could alone have procured the shells and small round pebbly stones ; their collection 
and transportation must therefore be a task of great labour and difficulty. As these birds feed almost 
nd fruits, the shells and bones cannot have been collected for any other purpose than 
entirely upon seeds a 
ed perfectly white in the sun, or such as have been 
ornament; besides, it is only those that have been bleach 
roasted by the natives, and by this means whitened, that attract their attention. I fully ascertained that 
these runs, like those of the Satin Bower-bird, formed the rendezvous of many individuals ; for, after secreting 
myself for a short space of time near one of them, I killed two males which I had previously seen running 
through the avenue. 
Crown of the head, ear-coverts 
black ; feathers on the crown small, and tipped wi 
light rose-pink crosses the back of the neck, forming 
wings and tail of a deep brown; every feather of the b 
a large round spot of rich buff; primaries slightly tipped with white ; all the tail-feathers terminated with 
buffy white ; under surface greyish white ; feathers of the flanks marked with faint, transverse, zigzag lines 
of light brown; bill and feet dusky brown; irides dark brown ; bare skin at the corner of the mouth thick, 
fleshy, prominent, and of a pinky flesh-colour. 
Both sexes, when fully adult, are adorned with the rose-coloured frill; but the young birds of the year, 
both male and female, are without it. 
The Plate represents the bower, with two birds, a male and a female, all of the natural size. 
and throat rich brown, each feather surrounded with a narrow line of 
th silvery grey; a beautiful band of elongated feathers of 
a broad, fan-like, occipital crest ; all the upper surface, 
ack, rump, scapularies and secondaries tipped with 
