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Page 179
... Northern Territory . Notes . Inhabits spinifex country ; the male has a pleasing song , long sustained , also a clear , liquid , musical call - note , " Tu - tu - tu . " The female has rufous patches on sides of the breast . Nest ...
... Northern Territory . Notes . Inhabits spinifex country ; the male has a pleasing song , long sustained , also a clear , liquid , musical call - note , " Tu - tu - tu . " The female has rufous patches on sides of the breast . Nest ...
Page 198
... Northern Territory . Notes . Also called White - breasted Finch . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting grass - lands bordering watercourses and open areas . It is generally seen on or near the ground , feeding on the seeds of ...
... Northern Territory . Notes . Also called White - breasted Finch . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting grass - lands bordering watercourses and open areas . It is generally seen on or near the ground , feeding on the seeds of ...
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... Northern Territory . Notes . Also called Long - tailed Grass - finch , frequenting open country and grass - lands bordering watercourses . It is very similar in habits and economy to the Black - throated Finch . A red - billed variety ...
... Northern Territory . Notes . Also called Long - tailed Grass - finch , frequenting open country and grass - lands bordering watercourses . It is very similar in habits and economy to the Black - throated Finch . A red - billed variety ...
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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