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Page 93
... nectar . Nest . - A rather frail , cup - shaped structure , composed of dried twigs and vine tendrils , bound together with cobwebs . Placed in a small tree , at heights varying between 18 inches and 3 feet from the ground . Eggs ...
... nectar . Nest . - A rather frail , cup - shaped structure , composed of dried twigs and vine tendrils , bound together with cobwebs . Placed in a small tree , at heights varying between 18 inches and 3 feet from the ground . Eggs ...
Page 154
... nectar , native and cultivated fruits , and berries . Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . - Usually two , white . Breeding - season : August to December . 13. Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor Lear Psitt - eu - tel ...
... nectar , native and cultivated fruits , and berries . Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . - Usually two , white . Breeding - season : August to December . 13. Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor Lear Psitt - eu - tel ...
Page 155
... nectar , flowers , and native and cultivated fruits . Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . - Usually two , white . January . Breeding - season : usually October to 17. Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus Shaw Mel - op ...
... nectar , flowers , and native and cultivated fruits . Nest . In a hollow limb or hole in a tree . Eggs . - Usually two , white . January . Breeding - season : usually October to 17. Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus Shaw Mel - op ...
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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