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... beak always longer than the head , reaching tremendous develop- ment in the pelican where the well known rhyme reminds us ' the beak can hold more than the belly can ' ; two to three gallons , as a matter of fact , in the Australian ...
... beak always longer than the head , reaching tremendous develop- ment in the pelican where the well known rhyme reminds us ' the beak can hold more than the belly can ' ; two to three gallons , as a matter of fact , in the Australian ...
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... beak which continues as a shield on the head and led to the other common name of ' blue bald coot ' . Another bird , velvety - black in appearance , has a white beak and head and is known as the coot . It is one of the commonest of ...
... beak which continues as a shield on the head and led to the other common name of ' blue bald coot ' . Another bird , velvety - black in appearance , has a white beak and head and is known as the coot . It is one of the commonest of ...
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... beak - obviously well fitted to find food in the air . However , swifts and swallows are not closely related , having only the surface similarities produced by a similar kind of life . The beaks of swallows have a wide gape lined with ...
... beak - obviously well fitted to find food in the air . However , swifts and swallows are not closely related , having only the surface similarities produced by a similar kind of life . The beaks of swallows have a wide gape lined with ...
Common terms and phrases
Aborigines animals areas baby bandicoots Bass Strait bats beak best known birds blue body breeding brown burrows called captivity chicks coast colour common name creature crocodiles crow David Fleay dingo dolphins dragon eaten echidna egg-laying eggs feathers feed feet female freshwater frogs geckoes giant glider goannas grass grey ground hatch head hollow honey-eaters huge hunting inches insects islands joey kangaroo killed kinds koala land legless lizards legs live lyrebirds magpie male mammals marsupials miles mother move native naturalist nest noisy scrub-bird normal northern numbat pattern perhaps plants platypus poisonous possum pouch prey python Queensland rats reptiles ring-tail rock scientists scrub-bird seals Silver-eyes skin skinks smaller snake South Australia South Wales southern species swallowed tadpoles tail Tasmania Tasmanian tiger teeth tiger toes tortoises tree turtle victim Victoria wallabies Western Australia whale wings wombats young youngsters