. A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies . re the button, band, and cutting grasses grow espec-ially. Its flight is weak and wavering, most of its time beingspent on the ground or close to it. In disposition it is very shy,keeping well out of sight should danger, seeming or real, flushed it flutters for a few yards and then quickly dis-appears from sight in a clump of grass. A few are to be found round Launceston and its vicinity. Itis also to be found in suitable localities in various other parts ofthe island, the class of country mostly favoured being that cov
. A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies . re the button, band, and cutting grasses grow espec-ially. Its flight is weak and wavering, most of its time beingspent on the ground or close to it. In disposition it is very shy,keeping well out of sight should danger, seeming or real, flushed it flutters for a few yards and then quickly dis-appears from sight in a clump of grass. A few are to be found round Launceston and its vicinity. Itis also to be found in suitable localities in various other parts ofthe island, the class of country mostly favoured being that coveredwith Epacris and grass-trees in addition to hght timber. Of thisspecies Gould says :— It is a recluse little bird, concealing itselffrom view by keeping near the ground in the midst of the moradense parts of the grass-beds, and very seldom showing itself. Itsextremely short, round wings ill adapt it for flight, and this poweris consequently seldom employed, the bird depending for progres-sion upon its extraordinary capacity for running; in fact, when. NEST OF GRASS-BIRD. Photo, hi H. C. Thompsox.
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