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Identifier: birdnotesns08fore (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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Yduni^- Yellow-wino BuL^arbiid. IUrt) Notes.
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Nest of Yellow-wing Sug;ul)ird Editorial. 107 fledged, l)ut dietl before it was able to fend for itself. It wasindccvl hard lines to ha\-e com. so near to sureess, and yetto fall jusi short of it. WV sym))athist with her in the keeridj^aI)p()intn^(nt which nuisl ha\e been hers, when this youngbird died, but she has the satisfaction of knowing that shehas got nearer to complete success than any other a\iiulturisthitherto. At the moment of going to press we are giwn tlvfollowing details: The young Sugarbird was hatched on July29th. left the nest on August 8th, and died on August 31st.It lived to feed itself but could not be called fully reared.This l:)ird came from the second nest, the first brood died )ustafter lea\ ing the nest. The nest was built of tow and papersha\ ings, chiefly the latter, in a fork of a cypress bough. The eggs, two in number, were large, and bult-coloured. with a few spots and marking> at the larger -..nd. Wl regret to learn that the parent birds ha\e suc-cumb

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