What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 144
... grass- lands . It is more often seen on the ground than in trees . The call - note is a pleasing whistle , almost a song , which is uttered while the bird is perched in a tree or when in flight . Food : seeds of grasses and other plants ...
... grass- lands . It is more often seen on the ground than in trees . The call - note is a pleasing whistle , almost a song , which is uttered while the bird is perched in a tree or when in flight . Food : seeds of grasses and other plants ...
Page 198
... seeds of grasses and other plants . NEST . A large , bottle - shaped structure , composed of dried grasses ; lined with finer grasses and a few feathers . Generally built in tall grass or a low bush . EGGS . Four to six , white ...
... seeds of grasses and other plants . NEST . A large , bottle - shaped structure , composed of dried grasses ; lined with finer grasses and a few feathers . Generally built in tall grass or a low bush . EGGS . Four to six , white ...
Page 198
... grass- lands , chiefly of the coastal districts . It is generally seen near or on the ground , feeding on the seeds of grasses and other plants . During the late autumn and winter months , when it congregates in large flocks , it does ...
... grass- lands , chiefly of the coastal districts . It is generally seen near or on the ground , feeding on the seeds of grasses and other plants . During the late autumn and winter months , when it congregates in large flocks , it 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 |
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