Australian Museum Journal Note on the nidification of Plotus novae-hollandiae, Gould. The New Holland Snake-bird or Darter
- Shortform:
- North, 1891, Rec. Aust. Mus. 1(7): 147–148
- Author(s):
- North, Alfred J.
- Year published:
- 1891
- Title:
- Note on the nidification of Plotus novae-hollandiae, Gould. The New Holland Snake-bird or Darter
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 1
- Issue:
- 7
- Start page:
- 147
- End page:
- 148
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.1.1891.1248
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 30 June 1891
- Cover date:
- 30 June 1891
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 23 July 2009
- Reference number:
- 1248
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (130kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (300kb PDF)
Abstract
The Trustees of the Australian Museum have lately received the eggs of Plotus novae-hollandiae, taken by Mr. J. L. Ayres at Lake Buloke, in the Wimmera District of Victoria, on 1st April, 1891. The nest was built at a height of about fifteen feet, on the branch of a Eucalyptus standing in the water, it was outwardly composed of sticks lined inside with twigs, and contained five eggs, one of which was unfortunately broken in descending the tree.