What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 66
... structure , composed of strips of bark and leaves ; lined with leaves . Usually placed in an old stump , or in a Icleft in a wall of sandstone . EGGS . Three or four , varying in shape and size , white , spotted and blotched with light ...
... structure , composed of strips of bark and leaves ; lined with leaves . Usually placed in an old stump , or in a Icleft in a wall of sandstone . EGGS . Three or four , varying in shape and size , white , spotted and blotched with light ...
Page 95
... structure , composed of strips of bark and grasses . Generally placed in a bush or small tree , sometimes within 5 feet of the ground . EGGS . Usually two , white , with a very pale pinkish tinge , well spotted and blotched with pale to ...
... structure , composed of strips of bark and grasses . Generally placed in a bush or small tree , sometimes within 5 feet of the ground . EGGS . Usually two , white , with a very pale pinkish tinge , well spotted and blotched with pale to ...
Page 98
... made , cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark and grasses ; lined with fur , wool , or other soft materials . Usually suspended from a fork of a low bush . EGGS . Two or three , pale pinkish - buff , with a few minute ...
... made , cup - shaped structure , composed of strips of bark and grasses ; lined with fur , wool , or other soft materials . Usually suspended from a fork of a low bush . EGGS . Two or three , pale pinkish - buff , with a few minute ...
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