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CHLAMYD ODERA ORLENTALIS, Gould.

 

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CHLAMYDODERA ORIENTALIS, Gowza

Queensland Lilac-naped Bower-bird.

Chlamydera nuchalis (nec J ard. & Selby), Ramsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 85.

Chlamydodera nuchalis (nec Jard. & Selby), Ramsay, Ibis, 1866, p. 329.—Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 385.—Id.
Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii. p. 188 (1878).

Chlamydodera orientalis, Gould, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 74 (1879).—Id. Birds of New Guinea, i. pl. 44
(1880).—Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 392 (1881).—Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 11 (1888).

 

Tuts is the eastern representative of the Lilac-naped Bower-bird of North-western Australia. It is found
only in Queensland and the districts of Port Denison and Rockingham Bay. The differences between the
present species and the true Ch/amydodera nuchalis were first pointed out by Mr. Gould in 1879, and have
since been admitted by myself in the ‘ Catalogue of Birds’ and by Dr. E. P. Ramsay in his ‘Tabular
List of Australian Birds,’ where will be found a note on the differences between the eastern and western
forms.

Dr. Ramsay states that he has received several specimens from Port Denison, where it is by no means
rare. His correspondent, Mr. Rainbird, sent him a living example, which he bad in confinement for five
months, Dr. Ramsay says :—‘‘ It fed freely on bread soaked in water, and on almost anything in the shape
of fruit. It was a great mimic, and imitated many of our native birds with much precision, accompanied by
the most varied and pleasing actions.”

Adult male. Similar to C. nuchalis, but much more mottled on the upper surface, with whitish tips to the
feathers, these markings being very apparent on the head, which is not so uniform as in C. nuchalis. Total
length 13:5 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 7:0, tail 5°5, tarsus 1:9.

Adult female. Similar to the male, but wanting the lilac nuchal spot ;
smaller and less pronounced. Total length 12°5 inches, culmen 1°30, W

Young male. Similar to the adult female at first, and acquiring the nuchal p
specimens in the British Museum.

the whitish spots on the back also
ing 67, tail 5:2, tarsus 1°7.
atch by a moult.

The descriptions and figures are taken from the typical

   

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