What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... herbage , and generally placed in or near a tussock of grass or among herbage . EGGS . Five or six , sometimes as many as eleven , creamy - buff or a faint buffy - white , spotted and blotched with brownish - red , purplish- red , and ...
... herbage , and generally placed in or near a tussock of grass or among herbage . EGGS . Five or six , sometimes as many as eleven , creamy - buff or a faint buffy - white , spotted and blotched with brownish - red , purplish- red , and ...
Page 227
... herbage close to the water's edge . Some nests have a few twigs , pebbles , or pieces of hardened mud placed round the edge to keep the eggs in position . EGGS . Four , light yellowish - stone to creamy - brown , over which are ...
... herbage close to the water's edge . Some nests have a few twigs , pebbles , or pieces of hardened mud placed round the edge to keep the eggs in position . EGGS . Four , light yellowish - stone to creamy - brown , over which are ...
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... herbage . NEST . A slight hollow in the ground , lined with dried grasses ; placed among grass or herbage growing upon plains , and generally far from water . EGGS . Eight to twelve , pale cream colour , with a glossy surface ...
... herbage . NEST . A slight hollow in the ground , lined with dried grasses ; placed among grass or herbage growing upon plains , and generally far from water . EGGS . Eight to twelve , pale cream colour , with a glossy surface ...
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