. A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies . NEST OF GOULDS BLUE , by H. C. NEST OF GOULDS BLUE , by H. C. Thompson. BIRDS OF TASMANIA. 27 (Dimensions in mm. of a typical M. cyancits from Victoria: —Length, 124; bill, ; wing, 53; tail, 57; tarsus, 2.) Female.—Whole of the upper surface, including wings and tail,brown tinged with rufous; tln-oat and abdomen greyish-white;flanks brownish; bill, legs, and feet reddish-brown. Male (non-breeding plumage).—Upper surface slightly darkerthan female; under surface same as female; feathers of tail alway
. A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies . NEST OF GOULDS BLUE , by H. C. NEST OF GOULDS BLUE , by H. C. Thompson. BIRDS OF TASMANIA. 27 (Dimensions in mm. of a typical M. cyancits from Victoria: —Length, 124; bill, ; wing, 53; tail, 57; tarsus, 2.) Female.—Whole of the upper surface, including wings and tail,brown tinged with rufous; tln-oat and abdomen greyish-white;flanks brownish; bill, legs, and feet reddish-brown. Male (non-breeding plumage).—Upper surface slightly darkerthan female; under surface same as female; feathers of tail alwaysdistinctly blue; under surface grey, with the exception of thethroat, which is whitish. Female {non-hrccding plumage).—Upper surface, including tail,brown; under surface as in male. Young.—Plumage much lighter in colour than that of the adultfemale or that of the male in winter dress; upper surface, wings,and tail light brown; under surface dirty-white; irides light brown;legs and feet yellow. Nest.—Globular or oval shaped, with the entrance on one sidenear the top; grass, fine rootlets, and sh
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