Identifier: birdnotes53fore (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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oo M OB Shama, the Hcsf S(>)ig-hir(l. 73 hardly ever voluntarily quits the shelter of tlie woods rmd their denseundergfrowth. ■ I^xccpt by ehance, when you may come U)ion a male sunniiii;himself or preening his feathers on some projecting; rock or hare trunkof a f.allen tree, these birds are never to he seen, unless hy :\Ui of threeor four good dogs, who will speedily rouse them up, or of a trainedshikari, who will call them out by cleverly imitating their loud l)leatingcry. If you ever catch a glimpse of them it is but for a second; theydrop like stones from their perch, and dart away with incredible swiftness,.alwavs running, never, so far as I have seen, rising unless you accidentalvalmost walk on to them, or h.ive dogs with xou. To judge from thoseI have examined, they feed much on insects, young green shoots ■ fbamboos, and on some onion-like bulbs, but Mr. Hodgson notes thatthose he examined had fed on wild fruits, rhododendron seeds, and <vsome cases entirely on aroma

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