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Page 87
... Spinifex Pigeon . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open stony country studded with low , scrubby bushes and spinifex . It is remarkably tame and difficult to flush from the ground . Food : seeds of grasses and herbaceous plants ...
... Spinifex Pigeon . Usually in pairs or flocks , frequenting open stony country studded with low , scrubby bushes and spinifex . It is remarkably tame and difficult to flush from the ground . Food : seeds of grasses and herbaceous plants ...
Page 179
... 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 . - Cup - shaped , composed of dried spinifex ...
... 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 . - Cup - shaped , composed of dried spinifex ...
Page 184
... spinifex . The male is extremely shy and keeps to the cover of bushes or spinifex . Similar in habits to the other species of Wrens . Food : insects and their larvæ . Nest . - A dome - shaped structure with a side entrance near the top ...
... spinifex . The male is extremely shy and keeps to the cover of bushes or spinifex . Similar in habits to the other species of Wrens . Food : insects and their larvæ . Nest . - A dome - shaped structure with a side entrance near the top ...
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