What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 127
... structure , composed of sticks , twigs , and bark ; lined with finer materials . Usually placed in a tree , at heights up to 30 feet or more from the ground . EGGS . Usually one ; pale creamy - white , covered with a tangled net- work ...
... structure , composed of sticks , twigs , and bark ; lined with finer materials . Usually placed in a tree , at heights up to 30 feet or more from the ground . EGGS . Usually one ; pale creamy - white , covered with a tangled net- work ...
Page 209
... composed of sticks and lined with leaves ; often at deserted nest of a Crow or Magpie is used . EGGS . Usually three , whitish , coarsely blotched with reddish - brown markings ; some eggs have the markings confined to the larger end ...
... composed of sticks and lined with leaves ; often at deserted nest of a Crow or Magpie is used . EGGS . Usually three , whitish , coarsely blotched with reddish - brown markings ; some eggs have the markings confined to the larger end ...
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A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. species consists of birds and their young . The female is considerably larger than the male . NEST . A small , flat structure , composed of sticks , and lined with leaves . Placed ...
A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley. species consists of birds and their young . The female is considerably larger than the male . NEST . A small , flat structure , composed of sticks , and lined with leaves . Placed ...
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 Breeding-season brown call-note called Cape York cobwebs colour composed of dried composed of sticks cup-shaped structure DISTRIBUTION dome-shaped structure dried grasses eastern EGGS eucalypts feet Female Food freckled frequenting chiefly Gould grey ground Guinea habits and economy herbage 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 north-western Australia northern Australia Northern Queensland Northern Territory NOTES numbers October to January pairs or flocks pairs or small pale Parrot plants pure white 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 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