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Page 175
... Female Stip - it - ur ' - us - L . , stipes , stipitis , stem ; Gk , ura ( oura ) , tail : mal - a- chür ' - us - Gk ... female does not possess stripes above the eyes , or on the cheeks or throat ( see female of the Emu Wren ) . Nest ...
... Female Stip - it - ur ' - us - L . , stipes , stipitis , stem ; Gk , ura ( oura ) , tail : mal - a- chür ' - us - Gk ... female does not possess stripes above the eyes , or on the cheeks or throat ( see female of the Emu Wren ) . Nest ...
Page 183
... female is very similar to the female Black - backed Wren . Nest . A dome - shaped structure , composed throughout of soft dead grey grasses , intermingled with silky - white and brown plant down , the latter material also being used as ...
... female is very similar to the female Black - backed Wren . Nest . A dome - shaped structure , composed throughout of soft dead grey grasses , intermingled with silky - white and brown plant down , the latter material also being used as ...
Page 184
... female is similar to the female Blue - and - white Wren . Nest . - Undescribed . Eggs . - Undescribed . 8. Variegated Wren Malurus lamberti Vigors and Horsfield - 8A . Female lamberti - A . B. Lambert ( 1761-1842 ) , Secretary , Linnean ...
... female is similar to the female Blue - and - white Wren . Nest . - Undescribed . Eggs . - Undescribed . 8. Variegated Wren Malurus lamberti Vigors and Horsfield - 8A . Female lamberti - A . B. Lambert ( 1761-1842 ) , Secretary , Linnean ...
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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