Identifier: birdnotes06fore (find matches)
Title: Bird notes
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule Club
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain Periodicals
Publisher: Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule Club
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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y were very fond of breadand milk, and this I give them fresh every day inaddition to the ordinary seed. Next summer I hope tobe as successful with the yellow Budgerigars, as theyare, I think, much prettier than the green. In another partition a pair of Zebra Finchesmade me a present of three young ones ; two of themflourished well and grew up strong and healthy. Thethird however was a weakly little thing, so I took itinto the hou.se when it grew older and kept it in a boxcage. It became a most delightful pet, and so tamethat it would eat from my hand, without the slightestsign of timitlity. One day when it was taking seedfrom my fingers, our cat crept up without my beingaware of its proximity and with one spring caughtthe little thing in its mouth. I rescued it again, butalas ! too late, it was dead. At that moment I couldliave killed the cat with pleasure, but on reflection,calmer thoughts prevailed. This however was myonly mishap, so I think on the whole, I have beenverv fortunate.
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ITbc (Slncen MhvDab. (Vidua legia.JBy WESr.EY T. Page, F.Z.S. This species, to my mind, one of the finest of thisinteresting group, is of a handsome and strikingappearance; its well contrasted plumage of black,tawny, white and buff being very glossy, silken, andrich in colour. Its fine caudal plumes (about sin.)are bare for almost three parts their length, the re-maining portion being webl^ed on both sides the shaft,and are of a racquet- or paddle-shaped form ; this isclearly brought out in Mr. Goodchilds characteristicline drawing. In the Western Aviary at the Zoo. thereare several of these striking birds in the enclosuredevoted to Whydahs, where they have a fine andstriking appearance as they disport themselves amongthe branches in both a graceful and fascinating man-ner. It is very noticeable when comparing them withV. paradisea, that the flight is not so heavy and thattheir long tails do not impede their flight to any appre-ciable extent. They have not much song to boast of,but wh

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