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... herbage close to the water's edge . Some nests have a few twigs , pebbles , or pieces of hardened mud placed round the edge to keep the eggs in position . Eggs . - Four , light yellowish - stone to creamy - brown , over which are ...
... herbage close to the water's edge . Some nests have a few twigs , pebbles , or pieces of hardened mud placed round the edge to keep the eggs in position . Eggs . - Four , light yellowish - stone to creamy - brown , over which are ...
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... herbage growing on the margins of streams and swamps ; it often frequents flats some distance from water . Nest . In ... herbage ; lined with down . Generally well hidden among herbage growing in or near water , and sometimes with a ...
... herbage growing on the margins of streams and swamps ; it often frequents flats some distance from water . Nest . In ... herbage ; lined with down . Generally well hidden among herbage growing in or near water , and sometimes with a ...
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... herbage . Nest . A slight hollow in the ground , lined with dried grassses ; placed among grass or herbage growing upon plains , and generally far from water . Eggs . - Eight to twelve , pale cream colour , with a glossy surface ...
... herbage . Nest . A slight hollow in the ground , lined with dried grassses ; placed among grass or herbage growing upon plains , and generally far from water . Eggs . - Eight to twelve , pale cream colour , with a glossy surface ...
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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