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Page 34
... Usually singly or in pairs , frequent- ing forest - lands generally . It is strictly nocturnal , sleeping in an upright position throughout the day on a branch of a tree . When at rest it simulates the bark of the branch so well that it is ...
... Usually singly or in pairs , frequent- ing forest - lands generally . It is strictly nocturnal , sleeping in an upright position throughout the day on a branch of a tree . When at rest it simulates the bark of the branch so well that it is ...
Page 207
... generally , and Tasmania . Notes . Also called White - fronted Falcon , Duck - hawk , and Austra- lian Hobby . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting open and lightly timbered country , or mountain ranges . It is more courageous in ...
... generally , and Tasmania . Notes . Also called White - fronted Falcon , Duck - hawk , and Austra- lian Hobby . Usually singly or in pairs , frequenting open and lightly timbered country , or mountain ranges . It is more courageous in ...
Page 239
... generally , and Tasmania ; also occurs in Java , Borneo to New Guinea , New Caledonia , Norfolk Island , and New Zealand . Notes . Also called Little Black Shag . Usually singly or in flocks , frequenting lakes , streams , rocky islets ...
... generally , and Tasmania ; also occurs in Java , Borneo to New Guinea , New Caledonia , Norfolk Island , and New Zealand . Notes . Also called Little Black Shag . Usually singly or in flocks , frequenting lakes , streams , rocky islets ...
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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 larvæ 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