What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... native fruits , principally wild nutmegs from which the mace only is eaten ; also insects , often caught on the wing . Nest . - A large , domed structure , rather oval in shape , with an entrance at one side , constructed chiefly of ...
... native fruits , principally wild nutmegs from which the mace only is eaten ; also insects , often caught on the wing . Nest . - A large , domed structure , rather oval in shape , with an entrance at one side , constructed chiefly of ...
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... native fruit and berry - bearing trees . This species makes a playground ... fruits and berries ; also insects , chiefly beetles . Nest . A frail , open ... native fruits and berries and the seeds of the bangalow and cabbage - tree palms ...
... native fruit and berry - bearing trees . This species makes a playground ... fruits and berries ; also insects , chiefly beetles . Nest . A frail , open ... native fruits and berries and the seeds of the bangalow and cabbage - tree palms ...
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... native fruits and berries . Nest . In a hole in a tree , usually about 40 feet from the ground . Eggs . - Three or four , white . Breeding - season : September to November . 10. Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla Shaw Gloss - op - sit ...
... native fruits and berries . Nest . In a hole in a tree , usually about 40 feet from the ground . Eggs . - Three or four , white . Breeding - season : September to November . 10. Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla Shaw Gloss - op - sit ...
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