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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of O. kundoo. In captivity, I found it to do well on insectile mix-ture, milk sop and fruit, and will take as many insects as oneis disposed to supply. I have kept it in a smallish aviary(13 ft. X 10 ft. with a shelter 8 ft. X8ft.) together withBank Mynahs. Babblers, and Hill Mynahs, and all lived har-moniously together. Indian Oriole (Oriolus kundoo, Sykes). Only oneyoung bird was sent, and this had evidently had its wingbroken when captured; it was very tame but unable to fly,and, though living for several months, practically no develop-ment took place and it ultimately succumbed—it was out ofdoors (August) when death took place. They are most at-tractive and beautiful birds, but must be associated only withbirds as strong and agressive as themselves, and the amiabledemeanour of Ian isolated, odd bird cannot qualify the above,as in the breeding .season I should consider them as possiblydangerous to birds even larger than themselves, 34 Private importaUon of Indian Birds, 1916. 8-
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jiiliiii&fi^feiiiiailiifm-irMi;^ Private Importation of Indian Birds, 1916. 35 Adnlf (f: Rich yellow, with the lores and eye regionblack, tail and wings black, with most of the larger featherstipped or niargined with yellow. Lengith 9.) inches, of whichthe tail measures 3^ inches. The adult 9 differs from her mate in having the upperparts slightly suffused with green. It ranges over the whole peninsula of India, frequent-ing well wooded districts, gardens, groves of trees and avenues,feeding on fruit (figs and mulberries), caterpillars and all soft-bodied insects. The breeding season is from May to August;the nest is constructed of grass and strips of bark, and sus-pended like a cradle by the sides from the fork of a leafybranch of a large tree. The eggs, three or four, are white,spotted with black or reddish brown. Himalayan Blue Whistling-Thrush (Myiophoneus

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