10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOWER-PECKER»
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flower-pecker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
flower-pecker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
flower-pecker. -. flycatcher. (N). 8. rooster-flower [Aristolochia galeata] ("little bird
flower"): rja2-£=si- ve2 (N). 9. wild basil flower (orange, used in hot pepper sauce
) [cf. Si. ndarn- phrik]: chi-bD=ve? (N). 10. banana passion flower; giant ...
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A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary
putri a) scarlet-backed flower- pecker, Dicaeum cruentatum. b) orange-bellied
flower-pecker, Dicaeum trigonostigmum. - putri kecil/sulung flower-pecker,
Dicaeum concolor. - raja crimson sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja. sepah III pohon -
a tree ...
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The nests and eggs of Indian birds
The Nilghiri Flower-pecker builds a very neat hanging nest, 3 inches in length,
and the opening at the side towards the top. The materials used are fine long
grass, green moss, and cobweb. The inside warlnly lined with a quantity of the ...
H.A. Octavian, E.W. Oates, 1997
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Pollination Ecology and the Rain Forest: Sarawak Studies
But the most frequent bird visitor was the orange-bellied flower pecker. During 11
:00 to 14:00, only the orange-bellied flower pecker visited flowers, while
spiderhunters were recorded in the morning and in the evening, and the sunbirds
were ...
David Roubik, Shoko Sakai, Abg Abdul Hamid, 2006
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Fables & Folk-Tales from an Eastern Forest
FABLES AND FOLK TALES. FATHER 'LIME-STICK' AND THE FLOWER-
PECKER. LD Father Lime-stick once limed a tree for birds and caught a Flower-
pecker (a small bird about as big as one's thumb). He was just about to kill and
eat it ...
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Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
'Our' Mistletoebird and the thrush are completely unrelated and dissimilar, and as
late as 1898 Morris was unaware of the word; in his comprehensive Dictionary of
Austral English, he used Flower-pecker. The first usage we can find is ...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013
... Colonel, :05 Ferreirinho, 243 Fiery Topaz 166 Finches, 26,379, a: See
Goldfinch, Chafinch, ullfinch, &c. Finches, Weaver, 216 Finfoots, 154, 156 I-'
larningoes. 8:. I52 Flower-peckers, 185, 225, 256 Flower-pecker, Australian, a
Flower-pecker.
TrcanL's FLOWER-PECKER. Daron—Above ashy-olive, paler and flavescent
beneath; wings and tail darker; bill pale fleshy, with a dusky tip; legs leaden
brown; irides brown ; sexes alike. " ' Length 3% inches; wing 1%; tail fl; bill at front
g; ...
238 Dicaeum erythrorhynchua Tickell'a flower-pecker Lath. 239 IX). concolor The
Nilgiri flower-pecker .. Jerd. 260 Sitta caataneoventris The chestnut-bellied
nuthatch Frankl. 253 Dendrophila frontalia . . The velvet-fronted nuthatch Horrf.
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Udjung Kulon: The Land of the Last Javan Rhinoceros
B 209 Dicaeum trochileum (Sparrman) — Scarlet-breasted Flower-pecker Not
numerous, although the abundance of parasitic growths of Loranthaceae on
trees and shrubs, for which these birds are largely responsible, forms clear
evidence of ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOWER-PECKER»
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Don't shoot the mistletoebird!
Nowadays it's believed this relative newcomer, a member of the flower-pecker family of birds, arrived from Asia and settled here when continental Australia ... «Cowra Community News, Feb 15»
