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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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dition of small insectsseldom partaking of fruit. I have six species at Yillers-Bretonneux, namely, Nectariniafamosa, Cinnyris chalyheus, C. amethystiuus, Arachnechthra zeylonica,A. asiatica and QJthojjyga saturata. This latter Sunbird, unlike the others, is fond of banana. Itseems to me indispensable to keep these birds in separate cages, orthey will sooner or later kill one another. It is also necessary tokeep clean paper (or blotting-paper) on the trays of the cages. A few words as to the Paradise-birds. Alas, they only numberthree specimens : an immature male of the Greater Paradise-bird(Paradisea apoda), and two males, one adult, the other approachingthat stage, of Wilsons (Schlegelia wilsoni). The Greater Paradise-bird is still fawn-coloured, with the headof a deeper tint, the eyes yellow, the bill white. He is not yetbrilliant in appearance, but one is able to see how magnificent he willbe later on. His menu consists of insectile mixture, fruits, and a The Avicultural Magazine.
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Heated Corridor, with Aviaries, at ViLLERi-BREToNNEux. Adiard & West Newman Notes on my birds at Villers-Bretonneux in 1916. 73 certain number of mealworms. Banana he does not appreciate, butcaptures a great many insects. He is a very wild bird. The Wilsons Paradise-birds each occupy a roomy compart-ment in the heated corridor. A most lovely species, with the brilliantblue skin on the crown of the head, the yellow rutSe at the backof the neck, the back of a bright Venetian red, and the frontal shieldof shining and deep green with violet-brown reflexions, the bluolegs and feet, and above all the two curious crossed wire-like plumesof the. tail, which curve round and almost touch the ends of the wings. These birds are very tame, and take insects, etc., from thefingers. They are fed on the same diet as the Greater Bird ofParadise. These, along with the Sunbirds, came to me from the collec-tion of the Marquis de Segur, which he had in Paris. In conclusion, I would write a few words ab

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