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Identifier: birdnotesns07fore (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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einivisible. The second bird remained in the nest three dayslogger, and left it only to perish from an early frost. Bothbirds showed the buff eyebrow-streak, common to so manyspecies of Weavers when oui of colour, and in .shape muchmore nearly resembled the Crimson-crowned Weaver thanthey did their (mother. The death of the second young oneallowed the mother toi pay much more attention to Jier first-born, and she proved a perfect little feeding machine, takingin tnealworms land gentles to the laurel bush as fast as Iliked to give them to her, which, as the weather was bad, was(©.irly often. When the young one was three weeks old Isaw it fior the first time flying after its mother. She now gaveit mealworms without first swallowing them herself. At thetime of writmg it has grown into quite a nice bird, and is, Islwuld say, a (male. It is altogether a stouter and biggerbird than the hen. 1 hope that in two years time or sooner I hiay beable to describe its breeding plumagte. Bird Notes.
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Phnln \V. Shorr liaih/.lxc(;-c(>ll;ircil Wlixilali Hen FeediiiK VouiiK ii> Nest. Bakloh Aviary Notes. 241 Baklob Aviary Notes. By Major Perreau, F.Z.S. Part I.—I have been away from Bakloh exceptsliort spells since October 1914. In February 1916 I wasthere recruiting from a bad go of malaria when the Regimentin Kohal got orders to mobilise for Mesopotamia. Of courseI dashed back lat once, but the Kohat doctors were obdurate,and gave !me jio hope of going out till say October or Novem-ber, if then. Thus was I left with the Depot to return toBakloh our own permanent station in the hills. We arrivedrJiere i ith March and though our own doctor played up forme (having known me nearly all my service) I had littlehopes of getting out before Septienil:)er 1 determined to tryand broed a few Indian birds. However, to my great joyand surprise our doctor had hardly expected so rapid a re-sponse— to hi^ report on me, on 19th April I got my ordersto g:> and I loft with a draft on 24th.

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