What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 116
... similar in habits and economy to the Spotted Pardalote . Its call - note resembles " Pick - it - up " or " Wit - e - chu . " Nest . - A domed structure , composed of bark , grass , and sometimes . feathers , placed in a small hollow or ...
... similar in habits and economy to the Spotted Pardalote . Its call - note resembles " Pick - it - up " or " Wit - e - chu . " Nest . - A domed structure , composed of bark , grass , and sometimes . feathers , placed in a small hollow or ...
Page 119
... Similar in habits to the other Sittellas . Nest . Very similar to that of the Orange - winged Sittella and placed in similar situations . Eggs . - Usually three , pale greyish - white , spotted and blotched , par- ticularly at the ...
... Similar in habits to the other Sittellas . Nest . Very similar to that of the Orange - winged Sittella and placed in similar situations . Eggs . - Usually three , pale greyish - white , spotted and blotched , par- ticularly at the ...
Page 186
... similar in habits to the Variegated Wren . Food : insects and their larvæ . Nest . - A dome - shaped structure with a side entrance near the top , similar in construction to the nests of the other species of Wrens . Eggs . - Usually ...
... similar in habits to the Variegated Wren . Food : insects and their larvæ . Nest . - A dome - shaped structure with a side entrance near the top , similar in construction to the nests of the other species of Wrens . Eggs . - Usually ...
Contents
BIRDS OF THE LAKES STREAMS AND SWAMPS | 217 |
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN AND SHORE | 251 |
BIRDS INTRODUCED AND ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRALIA | 291 |
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.-Three or four Eggs.-Two Eggs.-Usually eucalypts feet Female Food forked freckled frequenting chiefly 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 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