What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 145
... inhabiting timber bordering watercourses and open country dotted with scrub . It is generally observed feeding on the ground and is by no means shy ; when flushed it flies to a nearby tree . Food : seeds of grasses and her- baceous ...
... inhabiting timber bordering watercourses and open country dotted with scrub . It is generally observed feeding on the ground and is by no means shy ; when flushed it flies to a nearby tree . Food : seeds of grasses and her- baceous ...
Page 146
... inhabiting chiefly timber bordering watercourses , and the adjoining open country . It is generally seen on the ground in search of seeds of grasses and other plants . When disturbed , it flies to the nearest timber , uttering its ...
... inhabiting chiefly timber bordering watercourses , and the adjoining open country . It is generally seen on the ground in search of seeds of grasses and other plants . When disturbed , it flies to the nearest timber , uttering its ...
Page 191
... inhabiting open country in the neighbourhood of rivers and creeks . It is chiefly found in the inland districts . Nomadic generally , though at times stationary . In cold windy weather it often shelters in numbers in old nesting burrows ...
... inhabiting open country in the neighbourhood of rivers and creeks . It is chiefly found in the inland districts . Nomadic generally , though at times stationary . In cold windy weather it often shelters in numbers in old nesting burrows ...
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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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