What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 126
... pairs or small flocks , inhabiting the scrub - lands . It is similar in habits to the Spotted Bower - bird , though the bowers are smaller and less substantial structures ; the decorations include pieces of white or grey limestone ...
... pairs or small flocks , inhabiting the scrub - lands . It is similar in habits to the Spotted Bower - bird , though the bowers are smaller and less substantial structures ; the decorations include pieces of white or grey limestone ...
Page 137
... pairs or small flocks ; appears to be nomadic in habits . It is generally seen in belts of timber near watercourses , and spends much of its time on the ground searching for the seeds of various grasses , chiefly spinifex . It has the ...
... pairs or small flocks ; appears to be nomadic in habits . It is generally seen in belts of timber near watercourses , and spends much of its time on the ground searching for the seeds of various grasses , chiefly spinifex . It has the ...
Page 191
... small flocks , inhabiting open country in the neighbourhood of rivers and creeks . It is chiefly found in the inland ... pairs or small parties , inhabiting the plains . When flushed , it flies a few yards only with a peculiar jerky ...
... small flocks , inhabiting open country in the neighbourhood of rivers and creeks . It is chiefly found in the inland ... pairs or small parties , inhabiting the plains . When flushed , it flies a few yards only with a peculiar jerky ...
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