What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... Eggs . Two or three , pale yellowish - white , sparsely dotted and blotched with dull grey and umber markings . Breeding - season : Septem- ber to January . 20. Rufous Shrike - thrush Gaimard Colluricincla megarhyncha Quoy and Coll - u ...
... Eggs . Two or three , pale yellowish - white , sparsely dotted and blotched with dull grey and umber markings . Breeding - season : Septem- ber to January . 20. Rufous Shrike - thrush Gaimard Colluricincla megarhyncha Quoy and Coll - u ...
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... Eggs . Two or three , white and rounded . Breeding - season : October to January . 14. Red Boobook Owl Ninox lurida De Vis lu ' - rid - a - L . , luridus , red . Distribution . - North - eastern Queensland . " Notes . This species ...
... Eggs . Two or three , white and rounded . Breeding - season : October to January . 14. Red Boobook Owl Ninox lurida De Vis lu ' - rid - a - L . , luridus , red . Distribution . - North - eastern Queensland . " Notes . This species ...
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... Eggs . Two or three , white , marked with dark olive and grey mark- ings , which form a zone at the larger end . Breeding - season : August to January . 13. Grey Shrike - thrush Colluricincla harmonica Latham Coll - u - ri - cinc ' - la ...
... Eggs . Two or three , white , marked with dark olive and grey mark- ings , which form a zone at the larger end . Breeding - season : August to January . 13. Grey Shrike - thrush Colluricincla harmonica Latham Coll - u - ri - cinc ' - la ...
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 Queensland dried grasses dull 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