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Page 127
... structure , composed of sticks , twigs , and bark ; lined with finer materials . Usually placed in a tree , at heights up to 30 feet or more from the ground . EGGS . Usually one ; pale creamy - white , covered with a tangled net- work ...
... structure , composed of sticks , twigs , and bark ; lined with finer materials . Usually placed in a tree , at heights up to 30 feet or more from the ground . EGGS . Usually one ; pale creamy - white , covered with a tangled net- work ...
Page 209
... composed of sticks and lined with leaves ; often a deserted nest of a Crow or Magpie is used . EGGS . Usually three , whitish , coarsely blotched with reddish - brown markings ; some eggs have the markings confined to the larger end ...
... composed of sticks and lined with leaves ; often a deserted nest of a Crow or Magpie is used . EGGS . Usually three , whitish , coarsely blotched with reddish - brown markings ; some eggs have the markings confined to the larger end ...
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... structure , composed of small mangrove sticks and twigs ; placed in a mangrove tree , at heights up to 15 feet from the ground . EGGS . Three or four , deep blue - green . Breeding - season : April ( or March to May ) . 22. Black ...
... structure , composed of small mangrove sticks and twigs ; placed in a mangrove tree , at heights up to 15 feet from the ground . EGGS . Three or four , deep blue - green . Breeding - season : April ( or March to May ) . 22. Black ...
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