What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... eggs are deposited in the form of a circle ; a full clutch generally consists of three layers . Nesting - mounds are usually constructed in situations exposed to the sunshine . Eggs . The number of eggs varies from six to twelve ...
... eggs are deposited in the form of a circle ; a full clutch generally consists of three layers . Nesting - mounds are usually constructed in situations exposed to the sunshine . Eggs . The number of eggs varies from six to twelve ...
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... Eggs . Usually three , whitish , coarsely blotched with reddish - brown markings ; some eggs have the markings confined to the larger end , in others they are evenly distributed . Breeding - season : June to November . 9. Letter ...
... Eggs . Usually three , whitish , coarsely blotched with reddish - brown markings ; some eggs have the markings confined to the larger end , in others they are evenly distributed . Breeding - season : June to November . 9. Letter ...
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... Eggs . Usually three , rich cream or buff , sparingly sprinkled all over with irregular spots and some elongated crooked markings of chocolate- black with a few minute dots and dashes of a lighter tint . When the bird has occasion to ...
... Eggs . Usually three , rich cream or buff , sparingly sprinkled all over with irregular spots and some elongated crooked markings of chocolate- black with a few minute dots and dashes of a lighter tint . When the bird has occasion to ...
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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