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What bird is that?:

A guide to the birds of Australia
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Angus and Robertson ltd., 1947 - Birds - 319 pages

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Fantastic reference book! I have learned so much about the avian wildlife around me. Read full review

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Perfect field guide to Australian birds. Read full review

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Contents

PLATE PAGE I AUSTRALIAS LARGEST BIRDS Excluding SeaBirds Frontispiece
3
FORESTFREQUENTING BIRDS
7
BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS
10

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What bird is that?: A guide to the birds of Australia
What bird is that?: A guide to the birds of Australia
Neville William Cayley
Snippet view - 1953
What bird is that?: A guide to the birds of Australia
What bird is that?: A guide to the birds of Australia
Neville William Cayley
Snippet view - 1944
What bird is that?: A guide to the birds of Australia
What bird is that?: A guide to the birds of Australia
Neville William Cayley
Snippet view - 1948
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Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird Breeding Breeding-season brown call-note Cape York cobwebs composed of strips Distribution.—Australia Distribution.—Northern Queensland Distribution.—Tropical dried grasses dull Eggs.—Four Eggs.—Three or four Eggs.—Two or three eucalypts feet Female Food Gould ground Guinea habits and economy herbage hollow limb Honey-eater inhabiting insects insects of various Islands Kangaroo Island larger end larvae Latham limb or hole low bush mangroves Molucca Islands native fruits nectar nest Nest.—A Nest.—A cup-shaped structure Nest.—An open Nest.—In a hollow northern Queensland Northern Territory Notes.—Also called Notes.—Usually in pairs numbers pairs or flocks pairs or small pale Parrot plants 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

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TitleWhat bird is that?: A guide to the birds of Australia
AuthorNeville William Cayley
Editionreprint
PublisherAngus and Robertson ltd., 1947
Original fromUniversity of Chicago
Digitized16 Sep 2010
Length319 pages
SubjectsBirds
  
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