Identifier: birdnotesns08fore (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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are com-piled for the benefit of new readers, from an article by Dr.Amsler, in an earlier volume^ of Bird Notes. Dr. Amsler has kindly loaned us the water-colourdrawing from which our reproduction has been taken, and wegreatly regret that the times do not permit its repro-duction in colour. In January 1914 Dr. Amsler procured a pair of thesehandsome birds when visiting Crosss Menagerie at Liverpool,and in March of the same year had the misfortmie to lose thecock bird, but in July had the surprise of hnding the hen sit-ting on four eggs, in a neatly constructed cup-shaped nest.Theso she i ncubated for fourteen days and was then gi\en aclutch of Greenhnchs eggs which she hatched out but did notfeed. In October, 1914. Dr. Amsler was fortunate enough toprocure another male, which arrived in immature plumage andwas carefully tended during the winter. In the spring of 1915 they were put together and inApril a clutch of three eggs were deposited in a cup-.shapednest, built in a privet bush.
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o cS The Orchard Finch. 91 Incubation occupied twelve days and on the morningof May 9th. two chicks were in the nest, and a third ap-peared in tlie exeninj; of the same day; all appeared v^ry\igorous, were almost black and profusely covered withleaden-grey down. The young were almost entirely rearedupon li\e food—the larvae of a small grey moth, mealworms,and earthworms—which was well chewed, swallowed^ and re-gurgitated. Op. May 14th one chick was picked up dead .someyards from the nest, but the other two throve well and left thenest on May 21st. The weather pro\ing unfa\ourable parentsand young were remo\ed indoors on the 22nd. The youngbirds were then of a pearl-grey colour, with considerabledown still showing on the head; dark brown Hights and tailand brown speckling on the breast. On the 25th both couldtly short distances, and were now in possession of chestnutear-patches. On the 30th they were strong on the wing andpicking up food for themselves though still fed by theirpare

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