The Birds of Australia

abdomen Aru Islands Australia and Tasmania Australian Museum barred Bass Strait bill black birds blackish blackish-brown blotches blue breast and abdomen brownish buff centre cheeks chest chestnut chin clutch colour coverts crest crown of head culmen dark brown darker dull ear-coverts edged eggs eggs are laid eggs measure feet female flanks fore-neck forehead four eggs freckled Genus glossy grass green greyish ground Guinea head and neck hind neck Hind toe Honey-eater inches iris Islands larger end light lower back male mantle markings middle toe Moluccas mottled nape North-west Australia Northern Territory Nostrils olive-brown outer pale paler patch Petrel plumage plumes primaries pure white Queensland reddish-brown rufous rump scapulars South Australia South Wales Southern Ocean species spots streaked Sub-family surface white tail feathers tarsus Tasmania throat white tipped with white toe and claw Total length tree underparts white upper surface upper tail-coverts usually Victoria whitish wing-coverts yellow Zealand