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Page 143
... female is similar to the female Hooded Parrot . Nest . In a termites ' mound , like that of the Hooded Parrot . Eggs . - Four to six , white . Breeding - season : April and May . 3. Paradise Parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus Gould - 3A . Female ...
... female is similar to the female Hooded Parrot . Nest . In a termites ' mound , like that of the Hooded Parrot . Eggs . - Four to six , white . Breeding - season : April and May . 3. Paradise Parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus Gould - 3A . Female ...
Page 175
... Female Stip - it - ur ' - us - L . , stipes , stipitis , stem ; Gk , ura ( oura ) , tail : mal - a- chür ' - us - Gk ... female does not possess stripes above the eyes , or on the cheeks or throat ( see female of the Emu Wren ) . Nest ...
... Female Stip - it - ur ' - us - L . , stipes , stipitis , stem ; Gk , ura ( oura ) , tail : mal - a- chür ' - us - Gk ... female does not possess stripes above the eyes , or on the cheeks or throat ( see female of the Emu Wren ) . Nest ...
Page 183
... female is very similar to the female Black - backed Wren . Nest . - A dome - shaped structure , composed throughout of soft dead grey grasses , intermingled with silky - white and brown plant down , the latter material also being used ...
... female is very similar to the female Black - backed Wren . Nest . - A dome - shaped structure , composed throughout of soft dead grey grasses , intermingled with silky - white and brown plant down , the latter material also being used ...
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Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird branch Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York cobwebs composed of dried composed of sticks Distribution.-Australia Distribution.-Northern Distribution.-Northern Queensland dried grasses Eggs Eggs.-Four Eggs.-Three or four Eggs.-Two Eggs.-Usually eucalypts feet Female Food forked freckled frequenting chiefly Gould ground Guinea habits and economy hollow limb Honey-eater inhabiting insects insects of various Islands larger end larvĉ Latham limb or hole low bush mangroves Molucca Islands native fruits Nest Nest.-A Nest.-A depression Nest.-A large Nest.-An open 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