Second of two talks by A. J. Marshall
The bower birds of Australia and New Guinea, who before mating build display-grounds and decorate them with an extraordinary variety of objects, have been known to naturalists for more than a century; but it is only in recent years tha-t progress has been made with a scientific interpretation of their behaviour. Dr. Marshall, Reader in Zoology at St. Bartholomew's Medical College, has made a special study of their habits, and ir. his second talk he describes these new developnacAtc.
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