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Page 88
... frequenting sandstone country . As a rule it is rather a shy bird ... chiefly the inland districts . Its favourite haunts are scrubs bordering ... chiefly during the spring and summer months . 9. Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta Temminck ...
... frequenting sandstone country . As a rule it is rather a shy bird ... chiefly the inland districts . Its favourite haunts are scrubs bordering ... chiefly during the spring and summer months . 9. Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta Temminck ...
Page 133
... frequenting chiefly the scrubs of the dry inland districts . It is a restless species , always on the move , uttering a little twittering call - note as it searches for food on the ground or in the bushes . It also has a cheerful little ...
... frequenting chiefly the scrubs of the dry inland districts . It is a restless species , always on the move , uttering a little twittering call - note as it searches for food on the ground or in the bushes . It also has a cheerful little ...
Page 245
... frequenting chiefly streams , lakes , or lagoons of the inland districts . Most of its food is procured out on the plains , which it visits at night , resorting to streams and lakes during the day , where it rests and sleeps , either on ...
... frequenting chiefly streams , lakes , or lagoons of the inland districts . Most of its food is procured out on the plains , which it visits at night , resorting to streams and lakes during the day , where it rests and sleeps , either on ...
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