What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 146
... called Yellow Parrot , Yellow - rumped Parakeet , Murray Smoker , and Swamp Lory . Usually in pairs or small flocks , inhabiting chiefly timber bordering watercourses , and the adjoining open country . It is generally seen on the ground ...
... called Yellow Parrot , Yellow - rumped Parakeet , Murray Smoker , and Swamp Lory . Usually in pairs or small flocks , inhabiting chiefly timber bordering watercourses , and the adjoining open country . It is generally seen on the ground ...
Page 151
... called Rock Parakeet . Usually in pairs or small flocks , chiefly frequenting the islands off the coast , and swampy situations of the coastal areas . Its flight is swift and erratic ; at times it mounts to a great height in the air ...
... called Rock Parakeet . Usually in pairs or small flocks , chiefly frequenting the islands off the coast , and swampy situations of the coastal areas . Its flight is swift and erratic ; at times it mounts to a great height in the air ...
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... called Little Black Shag . Usually singly or in flocks , frequenting lakes , streams , rocky islets , or inlets . It is similar in habits and economy to the Black Cormorant , though more plentiful than that species . NEST . A platform ...
... called Little Black Shag . Usually singly or in flocks , frequenting lakes , streams , rocky islets , or inlets . It is similar in habits and economy to the Black Cormorant , though more plentiful than that species . NEST . A platform ...
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