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Identifier: birdnotes04fore (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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s however the last, for after that her temper was soruined that an approach to the cage was a signal forhostilities, and although before this I could do practi-cally anything with her, I was also included in theranks of the offenders, and I was never able to handleher again. I relate this incident as a warning to hastypeople. Never beat a parrot. If it is necessary tocorrect her cover her up, but do not beat her withthe toasting fork. I am at present engaged in the taming of a birdwhich has only been in England a fortnight. I antici-pate however that ere the month is out she will beperfectly tame. My other Grey, which is only a yearold, is perfect and has started talking. She has tre-mendous battles with everything, but is most gentlein her ways. There is one thing to be thankful for,and that is that through common sense bird books andpapers the revolting practice of tongue cutting hasbeen done away with. We still have much to learn,but with so useful a paper as Bird Notes now with us
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CONCAVE CASQUED HORNBILL. Dichoccros biconiis. 291 the Member who wishes to keep a bird must indeedbe dull if he or she cannot understand practically anyspecies taken up. Itbe Concavc:*ca6quc() Ibornbtll. Dichoceros bicornis.By C. Castlk-Si^gane, F.Z.S. I was so pleased with the tameness and affection-ate nature of my Black Hornbill that I determined topurchase others when the chance came. It was notver)^ long before I received a wire something to thefollowing effect: Pair of monster hornbills fromIndia, shall I send ? After debating as to whetherI would purchase or not, and although advised not tobuy, I wired Send, and thus became the owner ofa pair of Concave-casqued Hornbills. Their plumage is mostly black, relieved by abroad yellow collar and about mid-way on their wingsby a bar of white. Both these birds were fairly tame,and I was hoping they would become as tame asthe black one, when unfortunately one of them died.This one was the tamer of the two, and would comehopping from per

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