What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 87
... plants , and native fruits and berries , procured mostly on the ground . Nest . - A frail structure of thin twigs , portions of climbing plants , and sometimes grass . Frequently placed in a low bush or tree in the scrub . Eggs ...
... plants , and native fruits and berries , procured mostly on the ground . Nest . - A frail structure of thin twigs , portions of climbing plants , and sometimes grass . Frequently placed in a low bush or tree in the scrub . Eggs ...
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... plants . Nest . - A hollowed - out chamber in a termites ' mound on the ground , entered through a narrow tunnel . Eggs . Three to five , white . Breeding - season : usually August to December , and as late as March or April . 4. Red ...
... plants . Nest . - A hollowed - out chamber in a termites ' mound on the ground , entered through a narrow tunnel . Eggs . Three to five , white . Breeding - season : usually August to December , and as late as March or April . 4. Red ...
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... plants . Nest . A flimsy , bottle - shaped structure , composed of dried grasses , chiefly spinifex stems ; lined with plant down . Generally placed in a natural cavity near the top of a clump of spinifex , or in a low bush . Eggs ...
... plants . Nest . A flimsy , bottle - shaped structure , composed of dried grasses , chiefly spinifex stems ; lined with plant down . Generally placed in a natural cavity near the top of a clump of spinifex , or in a low bush . Eggs ...
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