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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97 bottom to top, entering, culling to her, and then making littleendearing noises. However, by an accident in cleaning, the nestwas knocked down and damaged, and so ended that attempt.Before long he built a similar nest, and soon the hen laid butlooked very sick ; the second day she laid a soft shelled egg anddied. After much calling for her I gave him a piece of lookingglass, and he spent the greater part of his time against it. I do not know if it has been generally noticed, but I havefound that invariably the cock Orange-cheek has a decidedlyyellowish tinge at the vent; the hen being pale grey. Some Recent Hcciuisitions. By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., M.B.N.H.S Silvery-crowned Friar Birds (Philemon argenticeps) :Last April Messrs. Payne and Wallace imported of the AustralianHoney-eaters four of this species and one or more Dusky Mynahor Obscure Honey-eater. Of these, the four Friar Birds anda Dusky Mynah have come into my possession. These speci-mens I believe to be not merely the fir

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