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Page 267
... southern Australia . NOTES . Also called Brown - backed Petrel . Usually in flocks , fre- quenting chiefly the seas off the south coast of New South Wales . It is similar in habits and economy to the Little Shearwater . Breeds on both ...
... southern Australia . NOTES . Also called Brown - backed Petrel . Usually in flocks , fre- quenting chiefly the seas off the south coast of New South Wales . It is similar in habits and economy to the Little Shearwater . Breeds on both ...
Page 268
... southern Australia . This bird is commonly seen following ships , and is easily distinguished by its boldly mottled plumage . Food : similar to that of other Petrels . Breeds in colonies in Antarctica , and on the South Shetlands ...
... southern Australia . This bird is commonly seen following ships , and is easily distinguished by its boldly mottled plumage . Food : similar to that of other Petrels . Breeds in colonies in Antarctica , and on the South Shetlands ...
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... Southern oceans , from Antarctica north to St Helena , New Zealand , and Peru ; accidental to Victoria and Tasmania . NOTES . There are only a few records of the occurrence of this species in Australian seas , and little has been ...
... Southern oceans , from Antarctica north to St Helena , New Zealand , and Peru ; accidental to Victoria and Tasmania . NOTES . There are only a few records of the occurrence of this species in Australian seas , and little has been ...
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