A key to the birds of Australia : with their geographical distribution
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Identifier: keytobirdsofaust00hall (find matches)
Title: A key to the birds of Australia : with their geographical distribution
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Hall, Robert, 1867-1949
Subjects: Birds -- Australia
Publisher: Melbourne (Vic.) : Walker, May and Co. London (England) : R. H. Porter
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Species 231.—Rufous Song-Lark (£ nat size). (,.mi-— SPHENOS TOMA : ipAea, wedge; stoma, mouth.•J4J. crista turn : ited. j -i \ n hi Mtftw, batcher.Sub-family—OYMWOEHIN1 SM rumnot, naked; rhu, rhinos, uose. (.run- -GYMNORHI NA : pMMO*, naked; rki$, rhinos, noae.E i libi cen : Ubiem, • flute-player.244 leucono ta : tatfew, white; nofo*, back.■j»... dorsa lis : iorsmm, 246. hyperleu ca : taper, above; Itukos, white.
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233.—Field- Wren (•) oat. use). Qentu cracticus: troMfeot, noisy. 17 quoy I : Quay, a proper name. niRrl(cul»ris : m/-r. bkw k ; yule, throat. pica lus: piee, magpie leucop terus: mtkot, white; pferoa, wing. .irRen teus : eryewh >,., •■\ .-r US deitruc tor : aMruofor, destroyer.laersui ashj /. i proper name.rules cens: rufetco, t become red. 31 Genus—SPHENOSTOM A. —Crested. 242. S. Cristatlllll, Gld., Wedge-bill. General colour above uniform earthy-brown ; outer tail feathersdark brown, with large white tips ; under parts dingy white, washedwith greyish-brown ; feathers of occiput prolonged into a long crest.Sexes alike. Total length, 9 in. ; bill, 05 in. ; wing, 3 2 in. to 34 in.Hab. : (1), 6, 7. FAMILY—LANIID^E. Insectivorous birds ; bill strong, black or brown, notched and hooked ;culmen curved or culmen straight with hardly any hook and notch,colour bluish-white ; nostrils variable. Sub-family—Gymnorhinin^e. Nostrils placed almost midway between base and tip
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