What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 146
... inhabiting chiefly timber bordering watercourses , and the adjoining open country . It is generally seen on the ground in search of seeds of grasses and other plants . When disturbed , it flies to the nearest timber , uttering its ...
... inhabiting chiefly timber bordering watercourses , and the adjoining open country . It is generally seen on the ground in search of seeds of grasses and other plants . When disturbed , it flies to the nearest timber , uttering its ...
Page 193
... inhabiting the open plains . It is nomadic , its appearance being regulated by the rainfall ; if the season is a good one , large flocks appear ; in times of drought it seldom visits its old haunts . It lies close , and when flushed ...
... inhabiting the open plains . It is nomadic , its appearance being regulated by the rainfall ; if the season is a good one , large flocks appear ; in times of drought it seldom visits its old haunts . It lies close , and when flushed ...
Page 194
... inhabiting open plains , well- grassed lands , and cultivation paddocks . It is nomadic in habits , often appearing in immense flocks in good seasons . It is considered to be one of the finest game birds of Australia , as well as one of ...
... inhabiting open plains , well- grassed lands , and cultivation paddocks . It is nomadic in habits , often appearing in immense flocks in good seasons . It is considered to be one of the finest game birds of Australia , as well as one of ...
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