. A record of the expedition to Eyre's Peninsula, October, 1909, with notes on ornithology, botany and entomology . Fied Faiitail feeding j-ouiig (Ripidura-tricolor).. The Nest and Voung of the Hh;ck Magpie Strepera-fusca). 30 ran down tlip hillside. Among th,em were the lovely little red-<-apped robin dartins- about after winged insects like fire-flvs Thenoisy black magpies, or Strepera, were making a great fuss be-cause they had a nest of fledglings close by. A male Inrd of therufus-breasted thickhead sat upon a dead twig and poured forthhis delightful song to his spouse, who was i
. A record of the expedition to Eyre's Peninsula, October, 1909, with notes on ornithology, botany and entomology . Fied Faiitail feeding j-ouiig (Ripidura-tricolor).. The Nest and Voung of the Hh;ck Magpie Strepera-fusca). 30 ran down tlip hillside. Among th,em were the lovely little red-<-apped robin dartins- about after winged insects like fire-flvs Thenoisy black magpies, or Strepera, were making a great fuss be-cause they had a nest of fledglings close by. A male Inrd of therufus-breasted thickhead sat upon a dead twig and poured forthhis delightful song to his spouse, who was in the act of incubationin the adjoining tree. A little colony of Sittilla attracted ourattention by their quick movements as they searched each she-oak trunk for insects, keeping up a continuous twittering thewhile; and a fantailed cuckoo gave forth its regular and mournfulnote from the top of a di-ad tree just over the valley. —RetUriiing to the Camp.—We were loth to tear ourselves away from such an animatedfcene. but time waiteth for no man, and evening was drawin-nigh. On reaching the starting point we found that the everthoughtful Mjr. Home had the billy boili
Size: 1694px × 1475px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1910
