Identifier: birdnotesns07fore (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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The Bare-eyed Thrush. By Theo. Stewart. This bird has been aptly described as quite acuriosity. To those unfortunate people who only see beauty ingaudy colouration the Bare-eyed Thrush will make no appeal.He is clad in sombre colours, only attracting attention by hisbrilliant eyes with their surround of bare yellow-skin, fromwhich he derives his name. He is a denizen of South America. He was sent to me immediately on his arrival in thiscountr> and was bought on. sight. Though purchased ata stiff figure I have never regretted it, for the bird is abso-lutely unique. All who have been privileged to, see him, have notedwith admiration the bold confidant air of the Bare-eye, forin disposition he is quite fearless and will boldly attack friendand foe alike. As a .songster he has his merits, though his call noteis somewhat peculiar; not unlike the baa of a sheep. Manyof his notes are low and gurgling. Unfortunately he is rarelyheard to advantage, as the loud, splendid voice of his immcdi-
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The Bare-eyed Thrush. 81 ate neighbour, a JMocking-Bird, drowns all his efforts; andthe Bare-eye will only sing in competition, never solus. In regard to^ his show career I will only here remarkthat if the suggestion once made by a famous aviculturist,that birid rarities should be labelled as such at Shows as aguide for the judge, could be carried out it would be betterboth for owner and bird I And that reminds me—one daya visitor broke through our) lines and insisted on seeing thebirds. He passed all in silence until he came to the subjectof these notes; then his face lit up— Ahl said he I dontknow much about birds but I do know what this is—iVs aCuckoo I I shook hands with him for 1 recognised a judgein embryo. The Bare-eye is not difficult to cater for in the way ofdiet. A rich insectile mixture, plenty of grapes and a fewmealworms daily, wliilo a piece of sesame cake, of which allmy Softbills are very fond, delights the very cockles of hisheart. He is always in perfect show-

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