redbills

A few parrots are to be seen and now and then a snake of a large size, these with kangaroos, gulls, redbills, form the inhabitants of these islands, sometimes a seal comes in shore but very seldom and with much care.

The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904

Saw or found nothing worth notice -- the soil is sandy, the shores lined with mangrove trees and inland a little distance we found gum trees and the palm; a few curlews and redbills were shot.

The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904

They saw black swans and redbills, an aquatic bird so called whose back is black, breast white, beak red and feet not fully webbed.

The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904

Here we found a fresh water swamp and saw some ducks and redbills.

The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904

Two redbills were shot and eaten, and Spiller and Watch were kept for future use.

The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862

"superb warbler," with his blue shining plumage and his long tapering tail, picking up the crumbs at our doors; while the pretty little redbills, of the size and form of the goldfinch, constitute the sparrow of our clime, flying in flocks about our houses, and building their soft downy pigmy nests in the orange, peach, and lemon trees surrounding them.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 Various