What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 82
... Eggs . Three or four , rich salmon - buff , spotted with rich reddish- brown and pale purplish - brown markings , chiefly at the larger end . Breeding - season : July or August to February . 7. Yellow - throated Miner Myzantha flavigula ...
... Eggs . Three or four , rich salmon - buff , spotted with rich reddish- brown and pale purplish - brown markings , chiefly at the larger end . Breeding - season : July or August to February . 7. Yellow - throated Miner Myzantha flavigula ...
Page 183
... Eggs . - Three or four , white , finely freckled , spotted , or blotched with different shades varying from a bright red to dull reddish - brown . Breeding - season : usually commences in November and lasts until the end of April . 4 ...
... Eggs . - Three or four , white , finely freckled , spotted , or blotched with different shades varying from a bright red to dull reddish - brown . Breeding - season : usually commences in November and lasts until the end of April . 4 ...
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... egg - bags ; lined with fine dried grasses , bark - fibre , fur , hair , or plant down . Usually placed near the ground in a low bush , tuft of grass , or clump of ferns . Eggs . Three or four , white or fleshy to reddish - white ...
... egg - bags ; lined with fine dried grasses , bark - fibre , fur , hair , or plant down . Usually placed near the ground in a low bush , tuft of grass , or clump of ferns . Eggs . Three or four , white or fleshy to reddish - white ...
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