. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 166 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD P. 141. DICABIDAE (11), FLOWER-PECKERS, 113 sp.— 57(57)A., 56(56)0. 1 336*Australian Flower-Pecker,Mistletoe-Bird (-Swallow), 74 Dicaeum hirundinaceum, A. Stat. c. treetops Black glossed steel-blue; throat, breast, under base tail scarlet; abdomen white, black patch down centre; flanks dusky; f.,* throat, centre-abdomen buff; under base tail pale scarlet. Honey, pollen, fruits, insects. Pretty, feeble song. panions heard nothing. So it is with the high-pitched call of a
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 166 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD P. 141. DICABIDAE (11), FLOWER-PECKERS, 113 sp.— 57(57)A., 56(56)0. 1 336*Australian Flower-Pecker,Mistletoe-Bird (-Swallow), 74 Dicaeum hirundinaceum, A. Stat. c. treetops Black glossed steel-blue; throat, breast, under base tail scarlet; abdomen white, black patch down centre; flanks dusky; f.,* throat, centre-abdomen buff; under base tail pale scarlet. Honey, pollen, fruits, insects. Pretty, feeble song. panions heard nothing. So it is with the high-pitched call of a Bat. Have you heard one? Few have. The Mistletoe-Swallow should be called the Australian Flower- Pecker, for it is our one representative of a large genus, best developed in the Indian Region. Placed at present in Family 141 with the little Mistletoe-Bird are the Diamond-Birds of Australia, the plumage of our common kind of which is "so variegated and beautiful as to render description ; The Diamond-Birds are restricted to Australia. Though they are found mainly in high tree-tops, whence they prettily and con- tinuously call "wit-e-chu" and "wit-loo," some usually nest in a bank of earth. The bank of a dam, the side of a creek, and the earth suspended on the roots of a fallen tree are favorite places. Some people find the continuous, musical note annoying, and have named the Diamond-Bird the Headache-Bird. Others find it. 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 Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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