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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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that these beautiful birds are toofond of eating and may actually die of surfeit if their foodis not properly regulated. They may be taught to say a fewwords but are not good talkers. (To be continued). Obituary. The Club has sustained a severe loss in the death ofLieut.-Col. B. R. Horsbrugh, A.S.C: He had been in act-ive service since! the outbreak of the war, and during thisperiod has had more than one illness. He was in action atLoos and elsewhere. Only a fiew months previous to the out-break of war, he presided at the Clubs Annual Dinner at theHolborn Restaurant, and took a keen iinlerest in the progress ofthe F.B.C. He was a keen lover of birds, and personallyand otherwise imported ;tnany rare species, and did much toadvance the cult of Aviculture. The writer not only missesa fellow member but a friend.—W.T.P. We tender our deepest sympathy to Mrs. Anningsonin her great bereavement, her husband. Dr. B. Anningson;having passed away on July 19th after a long illness.—Ed. U-t b
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All right!: reserved. September, 1916. BIRD NOTES: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. The Breeding of Jacksons Whydahs. By W. Shore Baily. Notes on the life and habits of this bird have appearedin B.N. from time to time, but so far nothing has appearedas to its nesting in captivity in this country. I think myselflucky, therefore, to be able to Bend you this short account ofwhat is probably the first case of successful breeding in theBritish Isles. I secured !my (pair of birds from our member, Mr. G.E. Low, and later on this gentleman was kind enough to letme have a second hen, a great advantage from a breederspoint of view, as these birds are polygamous. The cock wasin full plumage, and I must say that I thought him veryhandsome, with his drooping tail and stately carriage. On their arrival I turned them into a large cage, witha variety of other birds, all smaller than themselves. Withthese they agreed very well, although at first the small birdswere pretty badly scared when the co

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