Bird notes

Description:

Identifier: birdnotesns04fore (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

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ating, fruit-eating, and insectivorous groups;here M^ere gathered together. Sun birds, Flycatchers, Redstarts,Babblers, Kingfishers, and many others, of such rarity anddazzling beauty that beggars description. In the Hybrid andAlbino Class were gathered together some birds of more thanusual interest, including Mr. A. Ezras renowned Lutino Parra-keets. The Parrot^^ classes were perhaps the least notable,here nothing really new appeared, the rarest probably beingthe Eev. Eaynors Poeocephali, Aubrys and LevaillantsParrots, while the palm for exquisite beauty must go to MissClares Hooded and Queen Alexandra Parrakeets. In this issue, owing to the exigency of completingindices, it is impossible to review the classes separately, thismust be left till our January issue; in this issue we can butbriefly pass in review the more notable birds. At the head ofthese we must place Mr. A. Ezras Sunbirds; giving a briefdescription of each. Southern Malachite Stjnbird (Xcrfarinia faiimsft). Bird Notes.
Text Appearing After Image:
Avian Press Process. From Lite. Upper Figure—Black-chinned Ynhina.Middle Figure—Peters Spotted Firefinch.Lower Figure—Black-faced Quail Finches 3 (right) and 2 . The L.n.B.A. SJww. 379 This ii5 ono of I ho Kargest of the African Sunhirds, and also oneof the most lieatitiful, possessing not only a brilliant andmetallic f^aiiiicnt and charming song, but also a contour thatfor elegance ami grai^c i, not exceerled by any other memberof the lid world. Tl is also known as jhc Capo Long-tailedSunbird. (oloui: Kidi metallic grcon; (juills black; pectoraltufts golden-yellow; the two slender central tail feathers fully5in. long, the ou^or pairs being the shortest, about one inch, theothers alioul l.lii. long; the beak is slender and curved, aboutlin. long. TIi(> molallic hue^ are only worn during the breed-ing season. This l)ird ^vas ver-y ta?ne and steady and not at alldisturbed by (ho close scrutiny to Avhich it was subjected byan everehanging Huong of obserAcM-s and sightseers; this

Note About Images
Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.