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Page 65
... NOTES . Similar in habits to the Eastern Shrike - tit , but difficult to locate because of its subdued notes . NEST . A compact , deep , cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of stringy - bark , matted together with cobwebs ...
... NOTES . Similar in habits to the Eastern Shrike - tit , but difficult to locate because of its subdued notes . NEST . A compact , deep , cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of stringy - bark , matted together with cobwebs ...
Page 103
... NOTES . Also called Buff - backed Honey - eater . The only field notes state : . . . fairly common in the scrub , but always high up in the leaves , where only the trained eye of one accustomed to look for such things can be expected to ...
... NOTES . Also called Buff - backed Honey - eater . The only field notes state : . . . fairly common in the scrub , but always high up in the leaves , where only the trained eye of one accustomed to look for such things can be expected to ...
Page 121
... NOTES . Usually in pairs , inhabiting big scrubs and brushes . Similar in habits to the White - throated Tree - creeper ; besides its high - pitched , staccato notes , it has other calls which are softer and tremulous . NEST . Composed ...
... NOTES . Usually in pairs , inhabiting big scrubs and brushes . Similar in habits to the White - throated Tree - creeper ; besides its high - pitched , staccato notes , it has other calls which are softer and tremulous . NEST . Composed ...
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