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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
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EOPSALTRIA ORISEOGULARIS Grey breasted Room. ■, v. E.AUSTRALIS
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E.CAPITO Jjaroe riea,aBoi T?,odi E. LEUCOGASTER » -ruLe. beiixeo iuoioi-n. EOPSALTRIA AUSTRALIS. (Yellow-breasted Bohin.) Hea.d, clieeks, shoulders, and back, grey; upper tail coverts, bright yellow ; tail, blackish brown above, grey beneath—all but the two centralfeathers slightly tipped with white ; wings, black ; throat, white ; chest and under surface, bright yellow ; irides, dark brown ; bill and feet,black. The sexes are very similar, but the female is less brightly colored. Length, 6 inches ; wing, 3;; tail, 8 ; bill, f ; tarsus, 1. This pretty but rather common species is found in New South Wales and Queensland, in various situations, not confining itselfto the scrubs alone. It is of a familiar disposition, and its flight consists of short excursions from one tree to another. At sunrise oneindividual may be heard uttering a note like chip; then it repeats the same twice over; after which a regular chorus may be heard on allsides, the note being three times repeated. It bree

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