Show T nd of bower bird jk A 57 10 pa 1 1 T n t ff 1 4 r vj A 4 A t 11 T t T 15 ii tc 0 amell ty 4 f 16 IS it w 0 I 1 1 V 7 4 r 4 to A 14 L 4 0 JA CV X af 5 41 k R A U na r 0 1 the bower bird of australia 1 is remarkable chiefly for its habit of building quite apart from its nest acta a bower or nn constructed apparently as a a pi play a y ground to satiety satisfy aesthetic taste tastes and to form a place in which the cock b bird ard may display himself before his mate the run consist consists of a kind of corridor some borne two feet long mads made of twigs and dry era grass the this walls of this bend toward towards one another at the top and sometimes even meet so that the run be come comes a tunnel at each opening to it objects of adornment art are collected shell shells brightly colored berries and leaves brilliant flowers pieces of glass scrap scraps cf metal indeed anything the bd can find and deem deems suitable the ornard ri tation further Is not confined to entrance and exit the choicest alece of all are placed in the run itself the bird a cleverness I 1 Is not confined to the carrying cf ef shell shells and other articles for the adornment of the bower boer it can give call calls like the cackling of hen a the barking of a dog the sound of metal struck and the cry of the haw c this last accomplishment Is of great use vae for it scares away aw ay iy many a small bir which might otherwise intrude A As fresh the decorative one ones flowers or berries wither they are removed and replaced by |