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Page 120
... trees , stumps , or fence posts . When disturbed , it flies with a skimming motion of the wings to the nearest tree , generally settling near the base , and ascend- ing the trunk spirally . It has a sharp piercing call , frequently ...
... trees , stumps , or fence posts . When disturbed , it flies with a skimming motion of the wings to the nearest tree , generally settling near the base , and ascend- ing the trunk spirally . It has a sharp piercing call , frequently ...
Page 121
... Tree - creeper Climacteris minor Ramsay mi ' - nor - L . , minor , smaller . DISTRIBUTION . Northern Queensland ( Cairns district ) . NOTES . Usually in pairs , inhabiting the big scrubs . Similar in habits . to the White - throated Tree ...
... Tree - creeper Climacteris minor Ramsay mi ' - nor - L . , minor , smaller . DISTRIBUTION . Northern Queensland ( Cairns district ) . NOTES . Usually in pairs , inhabiting the big scrubs . Similar in habits . to the White - throated Tree ...
Page 122
... Tree - creepers . NEST . Composed of soft bark , fur , and dried grasses , and placed in a hollow spout or trunk of a tree . EGGS . Two , pinkish - white , spotted , blotched , and speckled with num- erous and well - distributed ...
... Tree - creepers . NEST . Composed of soft bark , fur , and dried grasses , and placed in a hollow spout or trunk of a tree . EGGS . Two , pinkish - white , spotted , blotched , and speckled with num- erous and well - distributed ...
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