What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia |
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Page 61
... rootlets ; lined with finer rootlets , and lightly covered outside with cobwebs . Usually built in an upright fork of a mangrove tree . EGGS . Two , whitish , spotted with chestnut and underlying spots of lavender , with a heavy zone of ...
... rootlets ; lined with finer rootlets , and lightly covered outside with cobwebs . Usually built in an upright fork of a mangrove tree . EGGS . Two , whitish , spotted with chestnut and underlying spots of lavender , with a heavy zone of ...
Page 63
... rootlets joined with cobwebs ; lined with finer rootlets ; beautifully decorated on the outside with strips of bark and pieces of lichen . Often built in an upright or horizontal fork , and sometimes on a horizontal branch of a low tree ...
... rootlets joined with cobwebs ; lined with finer rootlets ; beautifully decorated on the outside with strips of bark and pieces of lichen . Often built in an upright or horizontal fork , and sometimes on a horizontal branch of a low tree ...
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... rootlets , small twigs , and plant - stalks ; lined with finer materials , and occasionally horse - hair . Usually placed in a small shrub or bush , about 3 or 4 feet from the ground . EGGS . Usually four , fleshy - white , uniformly ...
... rootlets , small twigs , and plant - stalks ; lined with finer materials , and occasionally horse - hair . Usually placed in a small shrub or bush , about 3 or 4 feet from the ground . EGGS . Usually four , fleshy - white , uniformly ...
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