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... SCRUB - LANDS 102 108 80 88 92 XIX BIRDS OF THE FOREST BORDERS AND GRASS - LANDS XX PARROTS AND COCKATOOS OF THE FOREST - LANDS XXI PARROTS OF THE OPEN FOREST AND SCRUB - LANDS XXII PARROTS OF THE TREE - TOPS AND OPEN SPACES XXIII SOME ...
... SCRUB - LANDS 102 108 80 88 92 XIX BIRDS OF THE FOREST BORDERS AND GRASS - LANDS XX PARROTS AND COCKATOOS OF THE FOREST - LANDS XXI PARROTS OF THE OPEN FOREST AND SCRUB - LANDS XXII PARROTS OF THE TREE - TOPS AND OPEN SPACES XXIII SOME ...
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... SCRUB - LANDS 1. Red - throated Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis Gould -1A . Female Pach ' - y - ceph ' - al - a - Gk , pachys , thick ; Gk , cephale , head : rú ' - fo - gu - lă'- ris - L . , rufus , red ; L. , gula ... SCRUB - LANDS 123.
... SCRUB - LANDS 1. Red - throated Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis Gould -1A . Female Pach ' - y - ceph ' - al - a - Gk , pachys , thick ; Gk , cephale , head : rú ' - fo - gu - lă'- ris - L . , rufus , red ; L. , gula ... SCRUB - LANDS 123.
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... scrub - lands , and belts of timber bordering watercourses . Similar in habits and economy to the Ringneck Parrot . Nest . - Not described . Eggs . - No authentic record . Barnardius barnardi Vigors and Horsfield 18. Ringneck Parrot ...
... scrub - lands , and belts of timber bordering watercourses . Similar in habits and economy to the Ringneck Parrot . Nest . - Not described . Eggs . - No authentic record . Barnardius barnardi Vigors and Horsfield 18. Ringneck Parrot ...
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