What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 144
... August to December , and as late as March or April . 4. Red - backed Parrot Psephotus hæmatonotus Gould - 4A . Female hæ ' - mat - o - not - us - Gk , haima , haimatos , blood ; Gk , noton , back . Distribution . - South - western ...
... August to December , and as late as March or April . 4. Red - backed Parrot Psephotus hæmatonotus Gould - 4A . Female hæ ' - mat - o - not - us - Gk , haima , haimatos , blood ; Gk , noton , back . Distribution . - South - western ...
Page 191
... August to December . 9. Cinnamon Bush - lark Mirafra woodwardi Milligan Mirafra - native name : woodwardi B. H. Woodward , a former director of Perth Museum , Western Australia . Distribution . Mid - western Australia ( Onslow ) . Notes ...
... August to December . 9. Cinnamon Bush - lark Mirafra woodwardi Milligan Mirafra - native name : woodwardi B. H. Woodward , a former director of Perth Museum , Western Australia . Distribution . Mid - western Australia ( Onslow ) . Notes ...
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... August or September to December or January . 7. Coot Fulica atra Linné Fu ' - lic - a - L . , fulica , coot : a - tra - L . , ater , black . Distribution . - Australia generally , and Tasmania ; also occurs in Europe , northern Africa ...
... August or September to December or January . 7. Coot Fulica atra Linné Fu ' - lic - a - L . , fulica , coot : a - tra - L . , ater , black . Distribution . - Australia generally , and Tasmania ; also occurs in Europe , northern Africa ...
Contents
BIRDS OF THE LAKES STREAMS AND SWAMPS | 217 |
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN AND SHORE | 251 |
BIRDS INTRODUCED AND ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRALIA | 291 |
Common terms and phrases
Aru Islands August to December Bass Strait big scrubs bird branch Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York cobwebs colour composed of dried composed of sticks Distribution.-Australia Distribution.-Northern Distribution.-Northern Queensland dried grasses eastern 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 large north-western Australia 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