What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 144
... Eggs . Four to seven , white . Breeding - season : September to November or December . 5. Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius Clark var ' - i - us - L . , varius , different . Distribution . - Central Australia , inland from southern ...
... Eggs . Four to seven , white . Breeding - season : September to November or December . 5. Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius Clark var ' - i - us - L . , varius , different . Distribution . - Central Australia , inland from southern ...
Page 148
... Eggs . - Four to six , white . Breeding - season : July to December . 19. Port Lincoln Parrot Barnardius zonarius Shaw zō - nā ' - ri - us - L . , zonarius , banded . Distribution . - From South Australia ( Spencer Gulf ) to central ...
... Eggs . - Four to six , white . Breeding - season : July to December . 19. Port Lincoln Parrot Barnardius zonarius Shaw zō - nā ' - ri - us - L . , zonarius , banded . Distribution . - From South Australia ( Spencer Gulf ) to central ...
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... Eggs . - Four to seven , white , soon becoming stained due to a thick coating of lime . Breeding - season : October to March or April . 17. Hoary - headed Grebe Podiceps poliocephalus Jardine and Selby pol - i - o - ceph ' - al - us ...
... Eggs . - Four to seven , white , soon becoming stained due to a thick coating of lime . Breeding - season : October to March or April . 17. Hoary - headed Grebe Podiceps poliocephalus Jardine and Selby pol - i - o - ceph ' - al - us ...
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