What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 148
... habits and economy to the Ringneck Parrot . Nest . In a hollow limb of a tree ( A. J. Marshall ) . Eggs . - Four or five white , the latter number laid in captivity ; three infertile of which are the types ( Dr A. Lenden ) . 18 ...
... habits and economy to the Ringneck Parrot . Nest . In a hollow limb of a tree ( A. J. Marshall ) . Eggs . - Four or five white , the latter number laid in captivity ; three infertile of which are the types ( Dr A. Lenden ) . 18 ...
Page 239
... habits and economy to the Black Cormorant , though more plentiful than that species . Nest . - A platform , composed of sticks and thin twigs , often with leaves attached , placed on a horizontal branch of a tree . Usually breeds in ...
... habits and economy to the Black Cormorant , though more plentiful than that species . Nest . - A platform , composed of sticks and thin twigs , often with leaves attached , placed on a horizontal branch of a tree . Usually breeds in ...
Page 271
... habits and economy to the other species of Terns . It breeds in colonies on islands off the south - eastern coast of Tasmania , on Auckland and Chatham Islands , and in New Zealand . Nest . - A depression in the sand or gravel ...
... habits and economy to the other species of Terns . It breeds in colonies on islands off the south - eastern coast of Tasmania , on Auckland and Chatham Islands , and in New Zealand . Nest . - A depression in the sand or gravel ...
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