What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... Nest . - A cup - shaped structure , neatly composed of very fine rootlets moss ; lined with fibre from the lawyer - vine . Usually built between the forked stems of a lawyer - vine . Eggs . - One , rarely two , greenish or buffy - white ...
... Nest . - A cup - shaped structure , neatly composed of very fine rootlets moss ; lined with fibre from the lawyer - vine . Usually built between the forked stems of a lawyer - vine . Eggs . - One , rarely two , greenish or buffy - white ...
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... Nest . - A cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark and other materials , bound together with cobwebs ; lined with hair and fur . Usually suspended from the foliage of a drooping branch of a tree , frequently a eucalypt , at ...
... Nest . - A cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark and other materials , bound together with cobwebs ; lined with hair and fur . Usually suspended from the foliage of a drooping branch of a tree , frequently a eucalypt , at ...
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A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. Nest . - A cup - shaped structure , composed of twigs , grass , and fine rootlets ; lined with hair . Generally placed in a low bush , in a shrub , or in tall grass . Eggs ...
A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. Nest . - A cup - shaped structure , composed of twigs , grass , and fine rootlets ; lined with hair . Generally placed in a low bush , in a shrub , or in tall grass . Eggs ...
Contents
BIRDS OF THE LAKES STREAMS AND SWAMPS | 217 |
BIRDS OF THE OCEAN AND SHORE | 251 |
BIRDS INTRODUCED AND ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRALIA | 291 |
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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