Abstract

[No abstract is given for this work, it begins as follows] The Magnificent Fruit Pigeon is freely dispersed throughout, the rich coastal brushes of Eastern Australia, from the neighbourhood of Cairns in North-eastern Queensland to Berry in New South Wales. In the latter colony it is far more frequently met with in that rich belt of luxurious vegetation lying between the Tweed and Bellinger Rivers, than it is in the humid valleys and mountain ranges of the south coastal district. At, Cairns it overlaps the closely allied, but decidedly smaller species M. assimilis, which ranges northward from that locality to Cape York. ... [etc.]

 
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Bibliographic Data

Short Form
North, 1897, Rec. Aust. Mus. 3(1): 16–18
Author
Alfred J. North
Year
1897
Title
Ornithological notes. III. On the nidification of Megaloprepia magnifica, the Magnificent Fruit Pigeon
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
3
Issue
1
Start Page
16
End Page
18
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.3.1897.1122
Language
en
Date Published
07 January 1897
Cover Date
07 January 1897
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Digitized
09 October 2008
Reference Number
1122
EndNote
1122.enw
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