. The birds of Australia. Birds. 340 THE BIBDS OF AUSTBALIA shrill and rather whining cry gives it the common name of the Pee-wee or Pee-wit, the former rendering the sound more accurately. The nest is an open structure, composed of mud with a little grass worked in to hold it, and lined with grass. It is a substantial building,. Australian Museum. Magpie Larks {Grallina picata) with albino. one example weighing lib. 7 oz., and measuring 5% inches in diameter and 41/2 inches deep. It is placed on a horizontal branch high up in a large tree, and involves the architects in assiduous labour for a
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 340 THE BIBDS OF AUSTBALIA shrill and rather whining cry gives it the common name of the Pee-wee or Pee-wit, the former rendering the sound more accurately. The nest is an open structure, composed of mud with a little grass worked in to hold it, and lined with grass. It is a substantial building,. Australian Museum. Magpie Larks {Grallina picata) with albino. one example weighing lib. 7 oz., and measuring 5% inches in diameter and 41/2 inches deep. It is placed on a horizontal branch high up in a large tree, and involves the architects in assiduous labour for a few days in carrying up the mud pellets to so great a height. They will build in trees quite near to houses. This season a pair nested in my back garden. The nest. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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