What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... Gould ( John ) , The Birds of Australia , 7 vols . , 1840-1848 , and Supplement , 1869 ; Gould ( John ) , Handbook to the Birds of Australia , 2 vols . , 1865 ; Hall ( Robert ) , A Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania , 1899 ...
... Gould ( John ) , The Birds of Australia , 7 vols . , 1840-1848 , and Supplement , 1869 ; Gould ( John ) , Handbook to the Birds of Australia , 2 vols . , 1865 ; Hall ( Robert ) , A Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania , 1899 ...
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... Gould League of Bird Lovers . The elder said : " We will send this movement through the schools of New South Wales ! " The speaker was Edward Webster the Head Master : the other was Walter Finigan his assistant . Boastful words ! But ...
... Gould League of Bird Lovers . The elder said : " We will send this movement through the schools of New South Wales ! " The speaker was Edward Webster the Head Master : the other was Walter Finigan his assistant . Boastful words ! But ...
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... Gould - 13A . Female . 13B . Red - headed phase ( male ) . Po - e - phil - a - Gk , poē , grass ; Gk , philos , fond of : gouldia - in honour of the wife of John Gould . Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia . Notes . Also called ...
... Gould - 13A . Female . 13B . Red - headed phase ( male ) . Po - e - phil - a - Gk , poē , grass ; Gk , philos , fond of : gouldia - in honour of the wife of John Gould . Distribution . - Tropical northern Australia . Notes . Also called ...
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