. The birds of Australia. Birds. 24 THE BIRDS OP AUSTRALIA Nest a frail structure of twigs, often built at the end of a branch over a watercourse in the scrub. The one egg is white, sometimes slightly elongated, and measures x .95 Australian Museum. Purple-breasted Fruit Pigeon: Megaloprepia magnifica. The Nutmeg Pigeon. Myristicivora spilorrhoa. Northern Australia, New Guinea, Aru Islands. Creamy white; winglot, primary coverts, primaries and secondaries black; tertiaries white, terminal portion of tail black, longer in the centre; under tail coverts, vent and flanks white with re
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 24 THE BIRDS OP AUSTRALIA Nest a frail structure of twigs, often built at the end of a branch over a watercourse in the scrub. The one egg is white, sometimes slightly elongated, and measures x .95 Australian Museum. Purple-breasted Fruit Pigeon: Megaloprepia magnifica. The Nutmeg Pigeon. Myristicivora spilorrhoa. Northern Australia, New Guinea, Aru Islands. Creamy white; winglot, primary coverts, primaries and secondaries black; tertiaries white, terminal portion of tail black, longer in the centre; under tail coverts, vent and flanks white with regular sub-apical black spots; legs and feet blue. Length 16 inches, wing 9, tail 5, bill , tarsus Nest occasionally frail, but usually substantially built, often composed of green twigs with the leaves on; built at varying heights from the ground. They lay one egg,' which is white and measures x 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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