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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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glike a chaffinchs, but about three times as long and with a different ending. Hybrid Dovks :—A pair of hybrids between the Turtle Dove iTnrturturtiir) and the Barbary Dove (T. risorius) were bred here last ye-ir. Thesewere put in a small enclosure and have had six pairs of eggs this summer.All were clear, however. I believe the eggs of such hybrids have beenfertile at times. Perhaps the close relationship of the pair referred to wasagainst success. My object in referrng to them is to mention their curiousshift, in the absence of proper nesting materials. A shallow box was fittedup for them, and filled with hay. The box was suitable to their requirements,but not the contents, for, when I examined the first clutch, I found the eggsimbedded in cinders, three or four handfuls of which the birds had carriedup from the floor! A bunch of sticks was quickly suijplied, and the subse-quent clutches were laid in a more orthodox nest. Inveresk, December, 7th, 1918. M. R. TOMLINSON. Bird Notes.
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Photo T. E. dc (J. (Juiiicey.Group of Grassfinches. All Rights Reserved. February, 1919. BIRD NOTES: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. Grassfinches. By Wesley T. Page. F.Z.S., etc. This is a purely avicultnral .e^roiiping. but a very usefulone. and comprises species which are general favourites, andusually find a place in most mixed series. They are mostly ofeither brilliant or very pretty plumage. The species to be dealt with in this paper are as follows : * Parrot Finch (Erythriira psittacea). Pin-tailed (Nonpareil) Parrot Finch (E. prasina).Tri-colour Parrot Finch (E. trichroa). * Gouldian Finch (Poephila goiildiae). * Parson Finch (P. cincta) •f Long-tailed Grassfinch (P. aciiticauda).Masked Grassfinch (P. pcrsonata).White-eared Grassfinch (P. leticotis). * Rufous-tailed Grassfinch (BatbUda nificaiida). * Painted Finch (Emblema picta). * Diamond Finch (Stcganoplcitra guttata).t Ribbon Finch (Amadiua fasciata). t Red-headed Finch (A. crythrocepliala).t Zebra Finch (Taeniopygi

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