What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. THE GOULD LEAGUE OF BIRD LOVERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES " Education is more potent than legislation in the matter of bird preservation . " -The League's Watchword . TWENTY - ONE years ...
A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. THE GOULD LEAGUE OF BIRD LOVERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES " Education is more potent than legislation in the matter of bird preservation . " -The League's Watchword . TWENTY - ONE years ...
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... bird sanctuaries . Rules were compiled , a scheme of work outlined , and a certificate was designed and issued to members . This certificate , tinted in green and illus- trated with drawings of birds , bore the following Bird Lover's ...
... bird sanctuaries . Rules were compiled , a scheme of work outlined , and a certificate was designed and issued to members . This certificate , tinted in green and illus- trated with drawings of birds , bore the following Bird Lover's ...
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... bird , Collared Crow - shrike , Derwent Jackass , Tasmanian Jackass , and Whistling Jackass . Usually in pairs ; its rich , mellow , flute - like notes are among the finest of our bird songs . It is an early riser and one of the first birds ...
... bird , Collared Crow - shrike , Derwent Jackass , Tasmanian Jackass , and Whistling Jackass . Usually in pairs ; its rich , mellow , flute - like notes are among the finest of our bird songs . It is an early riser and one of the first birds ...
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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