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Page 66
... structure , composed of strips of bark and leaves ; lined with leaves . Usually placed in an old stump , or in a Icleft in a wall of sandstone . Eggs . - Three or four , varying in shape and size , white , spotted and blotched with ...
... structure , composed of strips of bark and leaves ; lined with leaves . Usually placed in an old stump , or in a Icleft in a wall of sandstone . Eggs . - Three or four , varying in shape and size , white , spotted and blotched with ...
Page 160
... structure , composed of strips of bark held together with cobwebs ; lined with dry rootlets and grass , and decorated on the outside with long strips of bark . Usually placed in the fork of a mangrove tree , up to 14 feet from the water ...
... structure , composed of strips of bark held together with cobwebs ; lined with dry rootlets and grass , and decorated on the outside with long strips of bark . Usually placed in the fork of a mangrove tree , up to 14 feet from the water ...
Page 171
... structure , composed of strips of bark , grasses , and twigs ; lined with soft plant down , usually the brown velvety down removed from the dead cones of banksias . Generally placed in a banksia or other thick bush . Eggs . Two or three ...
... structure , composed of strips of bark , grasses , and twigs ; lined with soft plant down , usually the brown velvety down removed from the dead cones of banksias . Generally placed in a banksia or other thick bush . Eggs . Two or three ...
Common terms and phrases
Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird branch Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York cobwebs colour composed of dried composed of sticks Distribution.-Australia Distribution.-Northern Queensland dried grasses dull eastern Eggs Eggs.-Four Eggs.-Two Eggs.-Usually eucalypts feet Female Food forked freckled frequenting chiefly frequenting open Gould ground Guinea habits and economy hollow limb Honey-eater inhabiting insects insects of various Islands larger end larvæ Latham limb or hole low bush mangroves Molucca Islands native fruits Nest Nest.-A Nest.-A large north-western Australia northern Queensland Northern Territory Notes numbers pairs or flocks pairs or small pale Parrot plants purplish-brown purplish-grey Queensland reddish-brown rootlets scrub-lands seeds of grasses September to December Silver-eye similar in habits small flocks South Australia South Wales southern Australia species spinifex spotted and blotched strips of bark swamps Tasmania Temminck tree twigs underlying markings Usually in flocks Usually in pairs Usually placed Usually singly uttered Western Australia Zealand