What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 144
... August to December , and as late as March or April . 4. Red - backed Parrot Psephotus hæmatonotus Gould - 4A . Female hæ ' - mat - o - not - us - Gk , haima , haimatos , blood ; Gk , noton , back . Distribution . - South - western ...
... August to December , and as late as March or April . 4. Red - backed Parrot Psephotus hæmatonotus Gould - 4A . Female hæ ' - mat - o - not - us - Gk , haima , haimatos , blood ; Gk , noton , back . Distribution . - South - western ...
Page 191
... August to December . 9. Cinnamon Bush - lark Mirafra woodwardi Milligan Breeding - season : Mirafra - native name : woodwardi B. H. Woodward , a former director of Perth Museum , Western Australia . Distribution . Mid - western ...
... August to December . 9. Cinnamon Bush - lark Mirafra woodwardi Milligan Breeding - season : Mirafra - native name : woodwardi B. H. Woodward , a former director of Perth Museum , Western Australia . Distribution . Mid - western ...
Page 198
... August to December , and some seasons as late as March , April , and May . 14. Masked Finch Poëphila personata Gould per - so - na - ta - L . , personatus , masked . Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia . Notes . Usually in ...
... August to December , and some seasons as late as March , April , and May . 14. Masked Finch Poëphila personata Gould per - so - na - ta - L . , personatus , masked . Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia . Notes . Usually in ...
Common terms and phrases
Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird branch Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York cobwebs colour composed of dried composed of sticks Distribution.-Australia Distribution.-Northern Queensland dried grasses dull eastern Eggs Eggs.-Four Eggs.-Two Eggs.-Usually eucalypts feet Female Food forked freckled frequenting chiefly frequenting open Gould ground Guinea habits and economy hollow limb Honey-eater inhabiting insects insects of various Islands larger end larvæ Latham limb or hole low bush mangroves Molucca Islands native fruits Nest Nest.-A Nest.-A large north-western Australia northern Queensland Northern Territory Notes numbers 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 Australia 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