Identifier: birdnotes07fore (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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he alwaysseemed happier when hung out in the sun on a warm day orwhen kept in a warm room. His song if not pleasing to some peoples ears is, to say theleast of it, novel and quite unlike that of any other bird I haveheard. I will not attempt to describe it, except to say that somenotes are very shrill and penetrating, others soft and plaintive,while one note in particular sounds exactly like a Budgerigarsinging. When in Port Elizabeth he sang most days early in themorning after having his bath, but strange to say he hardly sangat all when he came to this country until after he had been to theCrystal Palace show. Ever since then he has sung beautifully. The colour of this Bunting, its nesting habits, etc. havealready been most ably described by Mr. Page, but if my ex-periences in keeping a solitary specimen of this bird should beof any interest to others, I shall feel more than pleased that Iresponded to our Editors suggestion that I should contributean article on the subject. V. c 50
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37 £be Ctrl Bunting. By W. E. Teschemaker, B.A. If I were asked to name the three most characteristic birdsof our fair County of Devon, I think I should reply the Buzzard,the Nuthatch and the Cirl Bunting. The Cirl Bunting, more-over, has quite a special connection with Devonshire, historically,for it was near Kingsbridge, in the year 1800, that ColonelMontagu first noted this as a British species. In the follow-ing year he found it nesting in this county and communicated tothe Ljnnean Society an account of the method by which he suc-ceeded in rearing the young (Trans. Linn. Soc. VII. pp. 276-280). It is far from being a common bird and its distribution isirregular, but during the greater portion of the year it mayusually be seen in the neighbourhood of Plymouth, Kingsbridge,Torquay, Teigumouth, Exeter, Exinouth and Seaton ; also insome parts of North Devon, as, for instance, near Barnstaple.As will be inferred from the above list this species has a decidedpreference for the sea coas

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