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Page 88
... Usually in pairs or small flocks , frequenting sandstone country . As a rule it is rather a shy bird , difficult to flush , relying on its protective coloration to render it inconspicuous . If flushed , it rises with a whirr , but only ...
... Usually in pairs or small flocks , frequenting sandstone country . As a rule it is rather a shy bird , difficult to flush , relying on its protective coloration to render it inconspicuous . If flushed , it rises with a whirr , but only ...
Page 131
... Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open country . It is similar in habits to the other White - faces , but its call - note is different and much sweeter . Food : insects and seeds , procured on the ground . NEST . A bulky , dome ...
... Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open country . It is similar in habits to the other White - faces , but its call - note is different and much sweeter . Food : insects and seeds , procured on the ground . NEST . A bulky , dome ...
Page 137
... Usually in pairs or small flocks ; appears to be nomadic in habits . It is generally seen in belts of timber near watercourses , and spends much of its time on the ground searching for the seeds of various grasses , chiefly spinifex ...
... Usually in pairs or small flocks ; appears to be nomadic in habits . It is generally seen in belts of timber near watercourses , and spends much of its time on the ground searching for the seeds of various grasses , chiefly spinifex ...
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