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Page 223
... Nest . A depression in the ground . Eggs . Usually three , rich cream or buff , sparingly sprinkled all over with irregular spots and some elongated crooked markings of chocolate- black with a few minute dots and dashes of a lighter ...
... Nest . A depression in the ground . Eggs . Usually three , rich cream or buff , sparingly sprinkled all over with irregular spots and some elongated crooked markings of chocolate- black with a few minute dots and dashes of a lighter ...
Page 272
... nesting- sites , and it also breeds on beaches of islands near the coast - line . Nest . - A depression in the sand ; generally on sand - spits or beaches , just above high - water mark . Eggs . Usually two , varying from dull white or ...
... nesting- sites , and it also breeds on beaches of islands near the coast - line . Nest . - A depression in the sand ; generally on sand - spits or beaches , just above high - water mark . Eggs . Usually two , varying from dull white or ...
Page 284
... Nest . - A depression in soil or sand , around which is placed any material near at hand , such as pieces of coral and seaweed , and added to as incubation proceeds . Eggs . - Two , bluish - white , with a coating of lime . Breeding ...
... Nest . - A depression in soil or sand , around which is placed any material near at hand , such as pieces of coral and seaweed , and added to as incubation proceeds . Eggs . - Two , bluish - white , with a coating of lime . Breeding ...
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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