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... islands of Bass Strait , on the coast of New Zealand , and on the Chatham , Bounty , Antipodes , Snares , and Auckland Islands , Tristan da Cunha , and Gough and Falkland Islands . NEST . In a cavity at the end of a crooked burrow . EGG ...
... islands of Bass Strait , on the coast of New Zealand , and on the Chatham , Bounty , Antipodes , Snares , and Auckland Islands , Tristan da Cunha , and Gough and Falkland Islands . NEST . In a cavity at the end of a crooked burrow . EGG ...
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... Islands , and in New Zealand . NEST . A depression in the sand or gravel ; generally on beaches , just above high ... Islands , and to the Fiji Islands , Australia , and Tasmania . NOTES . Also called Swift Tern , Ruppell Tern , Bass ...
... Islands , and in New Zealand . NEST . A depression in the sand or gravel ; generally on beaches , just above high ... Islands , and to the Fiji Islands , Australia , and Tasmania . NOTES . Also called Swift Tern , Ruppell Tern , Bass ...
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... Islands , and from the Bonin and Hawaiian Islands to Australia and the Kermadec Islands . NOTES . Also called Red - tailed Bos'n - bird . This species is only a straggler to the south - eastern coast , but is common on Norfolk , Lord ...
... Islands , and from the Bonin and Hawaiian Islands to Australia and the Kermadec Islands . NOTES . Also called Red - tailed Bos'n - bird . This species is only a straggler to the south - eastern coast , but is common on Norfolk , Lord ...
Contents
BIRDS OF THE LAKES Streams and SwamPS | 217 |
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN AND SHORE | 251 |
BIRDS INTRODUCED AND ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRALIA | 291 |
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What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley No preview available - 1931 |
Common terms and phrases
Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York Cape York Peninsula cobwebs composed of dried composed of sticks cup-shaped structure DISTRIBUTION dome-shaped structure dried grasses eastern EGGS eucalypts feet Female Food freckled frequenting chiefly Gould ground Guinea habits and economy herbage hollow limb Honey-eater inhabiting insects insects of various Islands larger end larvæ Latham limb or hole low bush mangroves Molucca Islands native fruits nectar NEST north-western Australia northern Australia Northern Queensland Northern Territory NOTES numbers October to January 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 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