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Page 97
... eucalypts and banksias , among the blossoms of which it feeds on insects and nectar . It is a very noisy and pugnacious bird , fighting its own kind as well as other species . It has a beautiful rich bell - like note . NEST . A rounded ...
... eucalypts and banksias , among the blossoms of which it feeds on insects and nectar . It is a very noisy and pugnacious bird , fighting its own kind as well as other species . It has a beautiful rich bell - like note . NEST . A rounded ...
Page 154
... eucalypts and melaleucas . It appears to be nomadic in habits , and resembles the Musk Lorikeet in its flight and call - notes . Food : nectar and flowers . NEST . In a hollow or hole in a tree . EGGS . Usually two , white . Breeding ...
... eucalypts and melaleucas . It appears to be nomadic in habits , and resembles the Musk Lorikeet in its flight and call - notes . Food : nectar and flowers . NEST . In a hollow or hole in a tree . EGGS . Usually two , white . Breeding ...
Page 155
... eucalypts , and often in the company of the Scaly - breasted , Musk , and Little Lorikeets . Its flight is swift and the flocks travel great distances seeking blossom - laden trees . It utters an incessant chattering and screeching ...
... eucalypts , and often in the company of the Scaly - breasted , Musk , and Little Lorikeets . Its flight is swift and the flocks travel great distances seeking blossom - laden trees . It utters an incessant chattering and screeching ...
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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What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia Neville William Cayley No preview available - 1931 |
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