What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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... NEST . A large , dome - shaped structure , outwardly formed of sticks and twigs , dried ferns , mosses , and black hair - like rootlets , the inside of the nest being lined with downy feathers ; it is not unlike the nest of the Lyretail ...
... NEST . A large , dome - shaped structure , outwardly formed of sticks and twigs , dried ferns , mosses , and black hair - like rootlets , the inside of the nest being lined with downy feathers ; it is not unlike the nest of the Lyretail ...
Page 68
... nest is ap- proached . Food : insects of various kinds . NEST . Cup - shaped , composed of grasses of fine bark bound together with cobwebs , often decorated with lichen ; lined with soft materials . Usually built on the top of a forked ...
... nest is ap- proached . Food : insects of various kinds . NEST . Cup - shaped , composed of grasses of fine bark bound together with cobwebs , often decorated with lichen ; lined with soft materials . Usually built on the top of a forked ...
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... NEST . A compact , pear - shaped structure with a hooded entrance near the top , and a tail - piece ; composed of palm - fibre and bark , held together with spiders ' webs and lichen ; lined with soft materials . The nest of this ...
... NEST . A compact , pear - shaped structure with a hooded entrance near the top , and a tail - piece ; composed of palm - fibre and bark , held together with spiders ' webs and lichen ; lined with soft materials . The nest of this ...
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