What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 27
... similar in habits to the Yellow Robin , but much shyer . Food : insects . NEST . A cup - shaped structure , composed of twigs and grass , matted together with cobwebs ; lined with fibre . EGGS . Two , pale greenish , spotted and ...
... similar in habits to the Yellow Robin , but much shyer . Food : insects . NEST . A cup - shaped structure , composed of twigs and grass , matted together with cobwebs ; lined with fibre . EGGS . Two , pale greenish , spotted and ...
Page 119
... Similar in habits to the other Sittellas . NEST . Very similar to that of the Orange - winged Sittella and placed in similar situations . EGGS . Usually three , pale greyish - white , spotted and blotched , par- ticularly at the larger ...
... Similar in habits to the other Sittellas . NEST . Very similar to that of the Orange - winged Sittella and placed in similar situations . EGGS . Usually three , pale greyish - white , spotted and blotched , par- ticularly at the larger ...
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... similar in habits and economy to the Little Shearwater . Breeds on both islands of New Zealand and on Snares Island . NEST . In a chamber at the end of a burrow ; lined with a few leaves . EGG . Pure white . Breeding - season : October ...
... similar in habits and economy to the Little Shearwater . Breeds on both islands of New Zealand and on Snares Island . NEST . In a chamber at the end of a burrow ; lined with a few leaves . EGG . Pure white . Breeding - season : October ...
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