An Australian Bird Book: A Pocket Book for Field UseLeach, John Albert
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An Australian Bird Book: A Pocket Book for Field Use
Leach, John Albert
Birds -- Australia
=337* Red-tipped Diamond-Bird= (Striated, -Pardalote),
Wittychu, Pickwick, Chuck-e-chuc, _Pardalotus ornatus_, S.Q.,
N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A.
Stat. c. _treetops_, _scrub_ 4.2
Crown, wings, tail black spotted, lined white; back gray; rump
brown; throat yellow; red spots side of wing, yellow stripe
from bill above eye joins white stripe to nape; centre-abdomen
white; flanks pale-brown, tinged yellow; f., sim. Insects.
"Wit-e-chu."
=338 Orange-tipped Diamond-Bird= (Ramsay, -Pardalote), _P.
assimilis_, E.A., C.A.
Stat. v.c. _treetops_, _timber_ 4.3
Like 337, but upper paler; orange spots on wing; as a rule
only one feather in the wing edged with white; Gould thought
it the young of 337; f., sim. Insects. "Wit-e-chu."
=339 Yellow-tipped Diamond-Bird=, Allied Pardalote, _P.
affinis_, E.A., S.A., T., Bass St. Is.
Stat. c. _timber_ 4.3
Like 337, 338, but yellow spot on side of wing; head black,
striped white; yellow stripe from bill joins white stripe
above eye; back grayish-brown; upper base tail olive-brown;
tail black, tip spotted white; throat yellow; centre abdomen
white; flanks buffy-brown; wings black, tipped white, a few
feathers lined white; f., sim. Insects. "Witloo." "Sleep,
Baby."
=340* Spotted Diamond-Bird= (Pardalote), Diamond Dyke
(Ground), Ground-Diamond, Diamond Sparrow (e), _P. punctatus_,
T., A. (exc. N.A., C.A.).
Stat. v.c. _timber_ 3.3
Head, wings, tail black, spotted white; white stripe above
eye; back grayish-brown, marked buff and black; upper base
tail crimson; throat, under base tail rich yellow; abdomen
fawn; f., duller; head yellow spots; throat whitish. Insects.
"Sleep, Baby," "Sweet Dick."
=341* Golden-rumped Diamond-Bird=, Yellow-rumped Pardalote,
_P. xanthopygius_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. f., duller. Insects.
Stat. r. _timber_ 3.5
Like 340, but upper base tail golden-yellow; throat, under
base tail golden-yellow; rest under buffy-white.
[Illustration: [342] [343] [344] [345] [346] [347]]
F. 142. NECTARINIIDAE (1), SUN-BIRDS, 234 sp.--36(33)A.,
77(74)O., 2(1)P., 123(122)E.
F. 143. _Promeropidae_, Promerops, 2 sp. E. (S. Afr.)
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Order XXI. (continued)
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