What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... dried grasses , bark - fibre , and spiders ' egg - bags ; lined with fine dried grasses , bark - fibre , fur , hair , or plant down . Usually placed near the ground in a low bush , tuft of grass , or clump of ferns . Eggs . Three or ...
... dried grasses , bark - fibre , and spiders ' egg - bags ; lined with fine dried grasses , bark - fibre , fur , hair , or plant down . Usually placed near the ground in a low bush , tuft of grass , or clump of ferns . Eggs . Three or ...
Page 197
... dried grasses and soft plant - stalks ; lined with feathers and other soft materials . Generally placed in a low ... grasses and other plants . Nest . A flimsy , bottle - shaped structure , composed of dried grasses , chiefly spinifex ...
... dried grasses and soft plant - stalks ; lined with feathers and other soft materials . Generally placed in a low ... grasses and other plants . Nest . A flimsy , bottle - shaped structure , composed of dried grasses , chiefly spinifex ...
Page 198
... dried grasses , plant - stalks , and tendrils ; lined with finer grasses and other soft materials . Generally placed in a low bush , often one entangled with vines , in a tuft of tall grass , or among a growth of tall weeds . Eggs ...
... dried grasses , plant - stalks , and tendrils ; lined with finer grasses and other soft materials . Generally placed in a low bush , often one entangled with vines , in a tuft of tall grass , or among a growth of tall weeds . 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