tree on the Bogan Camisetas Marcelo Baratas creek, between the Macquarie and the Darling, we heard the note, and I sent my man Fraser to try once more if he could discover what bird it was, when on looking up into the tree under which we were sitting we saw one of these little doves, and ascertained from the movement of its throat that the sound Parajumpers Lapset Takki proceeded from it, although it still fell on our ears as if it had been some large bird upon the plain. I have therefore taken upon me to call it the “Ventriloquist.”
103. Pedionomus Torquatus, Parajumpers Miehet Californian New Port Gould. — The plain Wanderer.
This singular bird, in plumage and habit so like the Quail, was first discovered on the plains of Adelaide by Mr. Gould, where it appeared in considerable numbers in the year 1839-40. It was afterwards procured by a persevering collector in that colony, Mr. Strange, who is now in Sydney. Although in many respects resembling a Quail, this bird has long legs like a Bustard, but has a hind Ostaa Halpa Jalkapallo Dortmund Paidat toe which that bird has not. We fell in with several in the N.W. interior, but they were all solitary birds. How far therefore we might conclude that they migrate northwards may be doubtful, although, it is impossible to suppose they would proceed in any other direction. The Pedionomus is a stupid little bird, and is more frequently caught by the dog Manches Longues Pas cher than shot. Its general colour is a light brown, speckled with black like a quail. Its neck is white, spotted thickly with black, and has a white iris.
104. Hemipodius Varius. Fitflop Lunetta Pas cher — Varied Quail.
This bird is the prettiest of Camisetas J League Baratas its tribe, and is very common in many of the located parts of south-eastern Australia, but is not a bird of the interior, and was not observed beyond the flats of the Darling, where it was occasionally flushed from amongst the long grass.
105. Coturnix Pectoralis. — Quail.
This Ostaa Halpa Jalkapallo Arsenal Paidat bird is very common on the better description of plains in South Australia, and two or three specimens were shot during the early progress Fitflop Oasis Pas cher of the Expedition, but it was not seen to the north of Stanley’s Range. It is to be observed, indlinks:
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