A Key to the Birds of Australia: With Their Geographical Distribution |
Contents
PASSERES Perching Birds proper Palate agithognathous | 7 |
PSITTACI Feet permanently zygodactyl by reversion of | 42 |
COLUMBEÆ Pigeons Rostrum swollen at the tip convex | 54 |
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A Key to the Birds of Australia: With Their Geographical Distribution Robert Hall No preview available - 2016 |
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abdomen abdomen white Adult Amytis ashy ashy-grey australis barred base belly bill bill black bird blackish blue breast and abdomen brown buff centre cheeks chest chestnut chin collar colour coverts black crest crown of head culmen dark dull dusky ear coverts edged Ernst Hartert eyebrow female flanks fore-neck forehead Gaim genera Genus Gmelin green grey hallux Hartert head and neck hind toe Honey-eater Lath leukos lores lower male mandible mantle margin maxilla middle toe mottled nape nostrils novæ-hollandiæ onomatopoeia oura pale Parrakeet patch Petrel plumage plumes primaries proper name pure white quills Ramsay rectrices rufous rump scapulars shaft sides of face Silver-eye Species spot streaked stripe sub-sp subterminal surface of body surface white tail coverts white tail feathers tarsus Temm throat black throat white Titmouse toe and claw Total length uniform upper mandible upper surface upper tail coverts Vieill white tips whitish wing coverts yellow