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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be attainedon this occasion. Two other small out-door enclosures contained exquisite pairs of RedRosellas and White-eared Conures. There is also a well-lighted enclosed aviary, to which an outdoorflight is attached, so that the occupants of the two large fixed flight cagescan be let out alternately for fresh air and exercise. One of these cageswas occupied by seven Brazilian Haugnests, very rich in colour but still alittle rough in plumage; the other cage contained four very fine SuperbTauagers and one Festive, all looking very fit, but the plumage of the rareCalliste festiva still showed the effects of importation. Here also at oneend a good sized flight is arranged, containing the following, all lookingvery fit and tightly feathered: True pairs of Stanley and Many-colouredParrakeets, and males of Laughing Thrush and Guiana Lovebird. Indoors: On a small landing was a large aviary-cage (really a smallaviary) constructed of glass, wood and wire, and so arranged that though it
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IC9 stood in front of a window, the birds enjoyed immunity from draught. Itcontained a lovely pair of Magpie Tanagers (C. leveriana), Bluish, 2 Palms,Crimson-crowned and the lovely and extremely rare Calliste cayana. Thislatter species was in my possession till quite recently. It is a lovely speciesand I believe the only living specimen at present in the United Kingdom,if not in Europe. I will uot stay to describe it here, as Mr. Goodchild hasprepared an exquisite coloured drawing of the bird and it will be figured ina near issue of Bird Notes. In one of the sitting-rooms was a very fine specimen of the Hawk-headed Caique, one of two imported by our esteemed member, Mr. E. W.Harper, last year. In an upper-room, devoted entirely to birds, were : A lovely pair ofPurple-cap Lories, in exquisite condition and very intent on housekeeping,though so far most of the eggs have been broken, not surprising as they arekept in a cage of only moderate proportions. These birds completed theirfirst c

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