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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^ dome-shaped nests) and three whiteeggs. It was a proud day for the Cordons when theyled forth a j^oung family of two, and later in the sum-mer they again produced twins but, alas! all fourperished during my absence from home in September.Probably the early autumnal frosts were too much forthem. May I say a word about the importation ofCordons? When we have such a large selection ofspecies that really do well in captivity, it seems to mequite unjustifiable to import such a frail little bird asthis, only a very small fraction of each consignmentsurviving the voyage and change of climate. Now,we have the matter in our own hands: if we do not
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Goodckild dfil.etlitK HutK imp 1. GUTTURAL FINGH^ Spemiophila gutturalis 3. FIRE-R£D FINCH.S minuta. 2 L^WENDER-BACKED FINCH. S castaneiventris. 4- BLACK-HEADED LINED FINCH.S. ocellata.- Frorn Life . 49 buy them most assuredly the dealers will not importthem. I hope all members of the Foreign Bird Clubwill agree with me that Cordons, Lavenders, Firefinches and Pintail Nonpareils are not fit subjects foraviculture, and will do their very best to stop theimportation of them. (TanagridcB.)By Mrs. E. Warren Vkrnon.So much has alread\ been written on these lovelybirds, by all the best authorities that I feel I amattempting something I had better leave alone, but theparable of the mouse helping the lion gives mecourage to try, in the hope that some of my observa-tions on such species as I have in my possession maybe of help to others. The Superb Tanager (Calliste fashcosa)is without doubt the most gay, sprightly, and certainlytamest of the lot. He lets me pick him up at anytime, and flies

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