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Page 104
Cuckoo maries ; short to medium legs . Plumage usually browns , grays , shrikes
plain gray , black , or whitish birds , often with barred olive greens with little
pattern ; some streaked or barred ; some underparts ; minivets brightly coloured
in ...
Cuckoo maries ; short to medium legs . Plumage usually browns , grays , shrikes
plain gray , black , or whitish birds , often with barred olive greens with little
pattern ; some streaked or barred ; some underparts ; minivets brightly coloured
in ...
Page 105
bill short , broad , deeply cleft ; nostrils exposed , bordered by membrane , rictal
bristles amotu Archipelago ; a few introduced widely elsewhere ( e.g. , North
America ) . Almost omnivorous ; wide range of vegetable present . Wings and
legs ...
bill short , broad , deeply cleft ; nostrils exposed , bordered by membrane , rictal
bristles amotu Archipelago ; a few introduced widely elsewhere ( e.g. , North
America ) . Almost omnivorous ; wide range of vegetable present . Wings and
legs ...
Page 106
Voices varied , song below ; plumage never -streaked or spotted ; some with light
well developed in a few but usually short calls and warblings . eye - rings , eye
stripes , wing bars ; sexes alike . Bill fairly heavy ; Family Catamblyrhynchidae ...
Voices varied , song below ; plumage never -streaked or spotted ; some with light
well developed in a few but usually short calls and warblings . eye - rings , eye
stripes , wing bars ; sexes alike . Bill fairly heavy ; Family Catamblyrhynchidae ...
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