Birds of
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共 22 段- Cacatua chrysolophus
- Pachycephala Australis
- Having in the summer of 1837 brought my work on the “Birds o
- With respect to the position of Australia, it will only be n
- Another peculiar feature connected with the Australian ornit
- So great a similarity in plumage reigns throughout the first
- Only one species of this genus is at present known. It is pe
- This remarkable bird is not only confined to Australia, but
- _Bill_ as long, or longer than the head, slightly incurved,
- _Bill_ elongated, slender and acute, compressed on the sides
- _Bill_ moderate; _culmen_ arched; _tomia_ descending at the
- “Eight is the greatest number I have heard of from good auth
- Independently of the plains of South Australia formerly give
- Genus PORPHYRIO, _Briss._
- Face, ear-coverts, chin, abdomen, upper and under tail-cover
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- I have little doubt that this noble species of Sea-eagle wil
- The male has the head, cheeks, and back of the neck deep bro
- The male has the whole of the upper surface blackish brown,
- I have nothing more to communicate respecting this new speci
- It breeds in the holes of the large gum-trees, during the mo