What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 235
... swamps , margins of lakes and streams , or flood - covered flats . It is generally seen stalking gracefully about the edge of a swamp in search of food , often in the company of other wading birds . Except when breeding , it is ...
... swamps , margins of lakes and streams , or flood - covered flats . It is generally seen stalking gracefully about the edge of a swamp in search of food , often in the company of other wading birds . Except when breeding , it is ...
Page 243
... swamps . Most of its food is procured by diving ; it remains under water for considerable periods . Food : aquatic animals and plants . The female is freckled grey- brown ... swamps . It procures BIRDS OF THE LAKES , STREAMS , AND SWAMPS 243.
... swamps . Most of its food is procured by diving ; it remains under water for considerable periods . Food : aquatic animals and plants . The female is freckled grey- brown ... swamps . It procures BIRDS OF THE LAKES , STREAMS , AND SWAMPS 243.
Page 248
... swamps . It is nocturnal in habits , and , keeping as it does to the depths of a dismal swamp , is seldom seen during the day . The " booming " call of this Bittern , which comprises three , rarely four , deep booms , with a distinct ...
... swamps . It is nocturnal in habits , and , keeping as it does to the depths of a dismal swamp , is seldom seen during the day . The " booming " call of this Bittern , which comprises three , rarely four , deep booms , with a distinct ...
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