. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . s (A) 1-9 x 1-27 inches; (B)i-88xi-3 inches; (C) i-86xi-28 inches; (D) 1-85 x 1-25inches. Young birds may be distinguished by their duller and browner plumage, the wing andtail feathers being the last to acquire the rich gloss of the adult li\ery. In Eastern Australia, the breeding season usually commences at the end of July or earlyin August, and continues until the middle of December. •Trans. Roy. South Austr., Vol. xxii., p. 180 (1898). CORVUS. 6 Corvus bennetti. SMALL-]iILLED bennetti, North, Vict. Nat.,
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . s (A) 1-9 x 1-27 inches; (B)i-88xi-3 inches; (C) i-86xi-28 inches; (D) 1-85 x 1-25inches. Young birds may be distinguished by their duller and browner plumage, the wing andtail feathers being the last to acquire the rich gloss of the adult li\ery. In Eastern Australia, the breeding season usually commences at the end of July or earlyin August, and continues until the middle of December. •Trans. Roy. South Austr., Vol. xxii., p. 180 (1898). CORVUS. 6 Corvus bennetti. SMALL-]iILLED bennetti, North, Vict. Nat., Vol. XVI [., p. 170 (). Adult male—General colour above and black qlossed ivith purph : primaries and lail-Jeathers black, sli/jhtly /cashed iiHth bronzy-jreeii : bases of the feathers on the upper parts sJiuw-tvhile;bill and legs black-: iris ivhite (Bennett). Jotal lentjth 16 indies, tcinq 1 ■■,, tail 7-J, bill 185,tarsus 2 2. Adult female—Similar in plumage to the male. Distribution.—Western New South Wales, \^ictoria, South 14
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