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Page 69
... Molucca Islands , Timor , and New Guinea . Notes . Usually singly or in pairs , inhabiting the tropical scrubs ; placed in this group for comparison with the Fan - tailed Cuckoo . Very little is known of its habits . Food : beetles and ...
... Molucca Islands , Timor , and New Guinea . Notes . Usually singly or in pairs , inhabiting the tropical scrubs ; placed in this group for comparison with the Fan - tailed Cuckoo . Very little is known of its habits . Food : beetles and ...
Page 70
... Molucca Islands , and Aru Islands . Notes . Also called Narrow - billed Bronze Cuckoo . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting open forest and heath - lands . It is a migrant to the southern parts of Australia and Tasmania , arriving ...
... Molucca Islands , and Aru Islands . Notes . Also called Narrow - billed Bronze Cuckoo . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting open forest and heath - lands . It is a migrant to the southern parts of Australia and Tasmania , arriving ...
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... Molucca Islands , New Guinea , Solomon Islands , New Hebrides , Loyalty Islands , Caroline Islands , and Bismarck Archipelago . Notes . Also called Tricoloured Parrot - finch . Only four records are known of the occurrence of this Finch ...
... Molucca Islands , New Guinea , Solomon Islands , New Hebrides , Loyalty Islands , Caroline Islands , and Bismarck Archipelago . Notes . Also called Tricoloured Parrot - finch . Only four records are known of the occurrence of this Finch ...
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