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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e first a(Jreen ; the second a Yellow the following Saturday; the third a Green lastThursdav, and the fourth, another Yellow, to-day. I was much surprised at getting Yellows, as they were supposed tobe a very ordinary Cireen Budgerigar. I think there are some more eggsn the nest. The funny thing about these birds breeding is that my sisterschildren had the above pair of birds for two years in their nursery, and theynever made any attempt to go to nest. Last winter they and their parentswent abroad, and the budgerigars were given to me; I kept them in thedining-room during the winter, and put them into mv outdoor aviary at theend of May, when they went to nest at once, with the above result. Manston Rectory. Dorset: RE( ilNALD E. P. GORRINGE. August lb, IQ22. Post Mortem Reports. P.\RRAKEF.T : Capt. J. S. Reeve, Leadenham.—E.nteritis. Jay : C. Dell, Saltwood.-—Pneumonia. Dunlin : M. R. Tomlinson, Midlothian.—Pneumonia and Nephritis. C. H. HICKS. 00 CO 00 00„0 On„o 0„ w. o Q
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o ^U !aigbt5 !^cservc6. October. 1922 BIRD NOTES: — THE —JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. The Manchurian Eared Pheasant.(Crossoptilon manchurium.) By W. Shore Baily. F.Z.S. There are five varieties of this handsome pheasant, allinhabiting- the mountains of China and Thibet, where they arefound in the forests up to an elevation of io,oog feet. Naturallythey are very hardy birds, and make most suitable occupants ofour aviaries. Unfortunately only the above species seems to come over,and these not very frequently. I think it was three years ago that 1 got my birds fromHamlyn, and he was, if I remember rightly, offering five orsix pairs at the time. The first season the hen laid several eggs, but did notattempt to sit. The eggs were placed under a hen. but onlyone hatched out. This grew remarkably cjuickly and made afine bird, which was duly disposed of in the autumn. ihis season I had better luck; the hen Pheasant built anest in a privet hedge and started incubating ten eggs; these

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