What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 162
... insects of various kinds and small crustaceans . Nest . - A cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark bound together with spiders ' webs , decorated on the outside with pieces of bark and lichen ; lined with fine rootlets ...
... insects of various kinds and small crustaceans . Nest . - A cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark bound together with spiders ' webs , decorated on the outside with pieces of bark and lichen ; lined with fine rootlets ...
Page 174
... insects of various kinds , procured on the ground or among the herbage and undergrowth . Nest . - A round structure with an entrance at the side , composed of bark - fibre and grasses ; sometimes lined with feathers . Usually built in a ...
... insects of various kinds , procured on the ground or among the herbage and undergrowth . Nest . - A round structure with an entrance at the side , composed of bark - fibre and grasses ; sometimes lined with feathers . Usually built in a ...
Page 203
... insects and various seeds . Nest . - An oval - shaped structure with an entrance at the top , com- posed of coarse grasses and aquatic plants ; lined with feathers , a few of which protrude from the opening . Generally built in a ...
... insects and various seeds . Nest . - An oval - shaped structure with an entrance at the top , com- posed of coarse grasses and aquatic plants ; lined with feathers , a few of which protrude from the opening . Generally built in a ...
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