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Title: The Avicultural magazine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Avicultural Society
Subjects: Aviculture Birds Cage birds
Publisher: (Ascot, Berkshire, etc., Avicultural Society, etc.)
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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in their firststages were covered with the most delicate creamy down one wouldwish to see—tiny balls of fluff. Watching them grow I had made upmy mind to experiment with them and teach them to pick up theirfood from the ground, as I do with my Bee-eaters. To my inexpres-sible disgust coming home one afternoon I saw some boys standingat the bottom of the tree, and I overheard one saying, look at itsbunged-up eye. The rascals had climbed the adjoining tree, hit theold bird which was covering the young, and destroyed the babies. Iwas able to save the old bird, but I suppose I shall never get a chanceagain to observe these interesting birds so close to my home. I dontsee why these birds should not breed in captivity like the Jackasses,etc., if given a flight to themselves, and it is a pity that zoologicalgardens will not trouble to procure and keep such an interestingspecies, whicli, although nocturnal, seem to be always awake, seldomeven dozing in the daytime. The AvicuLTURAL Magazine.
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CHESTNUT-BREASTED FINCHES.(Mnnia cd-itdncitluini.r.) Prom a photo, by E. M. Cornwall. Adlard & Son & West Newman, Ltd. (lieprudnred hj the kind permixfion of the Editor of The Emu.) Australian Finches and birds of other days. 167 AUSTRALIAN FINCHES AND BIRDS OFOTHER DAYS. The Editor of The Emu very kindly gave permission to usto use articles, etc., from that most interesting periodical, and wetake the opportunity of reproducing a beautiful photograph of agroup of Chestnut-breasted Finches coming to drink at a fountain. Are the days gone by when aviculturists had the greatpleasure of seeing in the dealers collections quantities of thesepretty little Finches, along with Diamond, Parson, Cherry, Long-tailed, Pectoral, Gouldian Finches and others? The Parson Finches were merry little birds, jumping up anddown and swelling out their velvet black gorgets, proudly carrying ahay stalk to show to a mate. There cannot be many in England now. It seems such ages ago since the days of peac

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