What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 105
... pale buff , marked , chiefly at the larger end , with spots of chestnut and dull purplish - grey . Breeding - season : August to December . 15. Western Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus Gould su - per - cil - i - os ' - us - L ...
... pale buff , marked , chiefly at the larger end , with spots of chestnut and dull purplish - grey . Breeding - season : August to December . 15. Western Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus Gould su - per - cil - i - os ' - us - L ...
Page 261
... pale drab , covered with irregular blotches and spots of pale umber - brown . Breeding - season : June and July ( northern Europe and northern Asia ) . 24. Black - tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Linné lim - ös ' - a - L . , limosus ...
... pale drab , covered with irregular blotches and spots of pale umber - brown . Breeding - season : June and July ( northern Europe and northern Asia ) . 24. Black - tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Linné lim - ös ' - a - L . , limosus ...
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... pale green or brown , uniformly spotted and blotched with umber or dark olive - brown , and faint underlying markings of dull violet- grey . Breeding - season : October to January or February ( Australia ) . 30. Pied Oyster - catcher ...
... pale green or brown , uniformly spotted and blotched with umber or dark olive - brown , and faint underlying markings of dull violet- grey . Breeding - season : October to January or February ( Australia ) . 30. Pied Oyster - catcher ...
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