What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 148
... inhabiting scrub and open forest - lands , or timber bordering watercourses . It is generally seen on the ground searching for the seeds of grasses and other plants . At other times it may be observed feeding on the flower - buds of ...
... inhabiting scrub and open forest - lands , or timber bordering watercourses . It is generally seen on the ground searching for the seeds of grasses and other plants . At other times it may be observed feeding on the flower - buds of ...
Page 171
... inhabiting chiefly heath - lands of the coastal districts ; it also visits the open timbered country when the eucalypts are in bloom , and is common in gardens . Its call - note is sharp and shrill ; when alarmed it utters harsh ...
... inhabiting chiefly heath - lands of the coastal districts ; it also visits the open timbered country when the eucalypts are in bloom , and is common in gardens . Its call - note is sharp and shrill ; when alarmed it utters harsh ...
Page 194
... inhabiting open plains , well- grassed lands , and cultivation paddocks . It is nomadic in habits , often appearing in immense flocks in good seasons . It is considered to be one of the finest game birds of Australia , as well as one of ...
... inhabiting open plains , well- grassed lands , and cultivation paddocks . It is nomadic in habits , often appearing in immense flocks in good seasons . It is considered to be one of the finest game birds of Australia , as well as one of ...
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