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Page 131
... 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 - shaped ...
... 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 - shaped ...
Page 139
... pairs or flocks , frequenting open country interspersed with belts of scrub , or timber bordering watercourses . It spends much of its time on the ground feeding on the seeds of grasses and other plants , also on bulbs and roots . It ...
... pairs or flocks , frequenting open country interspersed with belts of scrub , or timber bordering watercourses . It spends much of its time on the ground feeding on the seeds of grasses and other plants , also on bulbs and roots . It ...
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A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting the reedy margins and flats of rivers , back - waters , and swamps . It also congregates in large flocks and occasionally does ...
A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting the reedy margins and flats of rivers , back - waters , and swamps . It also congregates in large flocks and occasionally does ...
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 |
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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