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... Scrub - lands XIX . Birds of the Forest Borders and Grass - lands XX . Parrots and Cockatoos of the Forest - lands XXI . Parrots of the Open Forest and Scrub - lands XXII . Parrots of the Tree - tops and Open Spaces XXIII . Some Birds ...
... Scrub - lands XIX . Birds of the Forest Borders and Grass - lands XX . Parrots and Cockatoos of the Forest - lands XXI . Parrots of the Open Forest and Scrub - lands XXII . Parrots of the Tree - tops and Open Spaces XXIII . Some Birds ...
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... scrub - lands , and belts of timber bordering watercourses . Similar in habits and economy to the Ringneck Parrot . NEST . In a hollow limb of a tree ( A. J. Marshall ) . EGGS . Four or five , white , the latter number laid in captivity ...
... scrub - lands , and belts of timber bordering watercourses . Similar in habits and economy to the Ringneck Parrot . NEST . In a hollow limb of a tree ( A. J. Marshall ) . EGGS . Four or five , white , the latter number laid in captivity ...
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... scrub- lands as well as the rocky or stony foothills of the Stirling Ranges . Similar in habits to the Striated ... scrub - lands . It is shy and very cautious , running mouse - like over the ground among the herbage . Call - note , a ...
... scrub- lands as well as the rocky or stony foothills of the Stirling Ranges . Similar in habits to the Striated ... scrub - lands . It is shy and very cautious , running mouse - like over the ground among the herbage . Call - note , a ...
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