What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 91
... Queensland , from Cape York to Cardwell . NOTES . Also called Yellow - spotted Honey - eater . In flocks , frequent- ing the scrubs , occasionally open forest country and mangroves . Food : native fruits , berries , insects , and nectar ...
... Queensland , from Cape York to Cardwell . NOTES . Also called Yellow - spotted Honey - eater . In flocks , frequent- ing the scrubs , occasionally open forest country and mangroves . Food : native fruits , berries , insects , and nectar ...
Page 103
... ( Queensland ) and eastern Queensland to Mackay . NOTES . Usually in flocks , frequenting the paper - bark ( Melaleuca ) swamps , from the blossoms of which it collects its food , consisting chiefly of insects , nectar , and occasionally ...
... ( Queensland ) and eastern Queensland to Mackay . NOTES . Usually in flocks , frequenting the paper - bark ( Melaleuca ) swamps , from the blossoms of which it collects its food , consisting chiefly of insects , nectar , and occasionally ...
Page 110
... Queensland ) . NOTES . Also called Queensland Fly - eater . Inhabits the brushes and dense scrubs ; similar in habits to the Brown Warbler . NEST . A bulky , dome - shaped structure with a side entrance , sus- pended from near the end ...
... Queensland ) . NOTES . Also called Queensland Fly - eater . Inhabits the brushes and dense scrubs ; similar in habits to the Brown Warbler . NEST . A bulky , dome - shaped structure with a side entrance , sus- pended from near the end ...
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