What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 146
... inhabiting chiefly timber bordering watercourses , and the adjoining open country . It is generally seen on the ground in search of seeds of grasses and other plants . When disturbed , it flies to the nearest timber , uttering its ...
... inhabiting chiefly timber bordering watercourses , and the adjoining open country . It is generally seen on the ground in search of seeds of grasses and other plants . When disturbed , it flies to the nearest timber , uttering its ...
Page 171
... inhabiting chiefly heath - lands of the coastal districts ; it also visits the open timbered country when the eucalypts are in bloom , and is common in gardens . Its call - note is sharp and shrill ; when alarmed it utters harsh ...
... inhabiting chiefly heath - lands of the coastal districts ; it also visits the open timbered country when the eucalypts are in bloom , and is common in gardens . Its call - note is sharp and shrill ; when alarmed it utters harsh ...
Page 193
... inhabiting the open plains . It is nomadic , its appearance being regulated by the rainfall ; if the season is a good one , large flocks appear ; in times of drought it seldom visits its old haunts . It lies close , and when flushed ...
... inhabiting the open plains . It is nomadic , its appearance being regulated by the rainfall ; if the season is a good one , large flocks appear ; in times of drought it seldom visits its old haunts . It lies close , and when flushed ...
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