Identifier: CompanionGoulds00Digg (find matches)
Title: Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Diggles, Silvester Gould, John, 1804-1881. Handbook to the birds of Australia
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Brisbane, Thorne & Greenwell
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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of olive grey in the centre; skin around the gape, white; bill, black ; feet, brownishgrey ; irides, nearly black. Length, 7; inches ; wing, 3;; tail, 3f ; bill, f ; tarsus, ;. This plainly colored species is apparently confined to the eastern portions of Australia; its range, probably, not extendino-westward beyond the colony of Victoria. It is very abundant in New South Wales and the southern parts of Queensland. In disposition itis by no means shy, and besides frequenting the brushes, scrubs, or open forest, it is in the habit of visiting gardens to feed upon the insects,pollen, and fruits. It has a loud whistle which may be heard at a considerable distance, and which it utters without ceasing durino- thespring and summer. The nest is a cup-shaped structure suspended by the rim, and is formed of sticks and lined with fine twigs. The eggsare two or three in number, pearly white, and spotted with purplish brown, the spots forming a zone at the large end: size, 11^ by 8 lines. ^ gU- ,
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