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Identifier: birdnotes06fore (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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ertainly not delicate. CUTTHROAT x RED-HEADED FINCH HYBRID: I regret to have to record disaster 7e my young hybrid, it gotdrowned the second day it left the nest. I can only conclude,it got scared during the night, and alighted iu the bath (night■was very cold) and was unable, to get out again. It certainlywas the finest youngster I have ever seen leave the nest as tovigour, etc., which only makes the occurrence the more dis-appointing. I have, however, had it set tip true to life, andwill figure it with a description in our next issue. THE YELLOW-RUMPED SERIN : Dr. Sharpe, in B.M.C.,Vol. XII., is of the opinion that two species are confoundedunder the heading .S. angolensis, and that ultimately they willbe separated as .S. angolensis and 6\ atrigularis. Both theB.M.C. audStarks Birds of Africa, describe 6. angolensis ashaving the throat and foreneck black. This is not so either inmy birds or Mr. Teschemakers, so that possibly in the nearfuture these will be known as 6\ airigularis.
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255 Corre5pou^ence. MR. AITCHISONS FINCH AVAIRY (see plate).Sir,—In answer to your query re \\\y aviar), I fear thatowing to a long illness I have not much to tell. The aviary is23 feet long and built against the S.W. side of the house. Ofthe entire length, 10 feet is devoted to a shelter shed, which isdivided into two compartments, communicating by a slidingdoor of wire netting ; the shelter is glass on three sides, linedon the inside with wire netting ; its roof is thatched withheather. The entire structure is 9 feet high at the back and7 feet at the eaves. The shelter is well stocked with branchesand various kinds of nesting receptacles ; the temperature ofthe shelter, notwithstanding the nights being very cold, has notas yet been lower than 50^^ F. The flight is of wire netting,except the end which is of glass, with a sliding door for en-trance ; it is well planted with trees and bushes, and also wellprovided with nesting receptacles, under a board, which runsalong the entire le

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