Bird notes

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Identifier: birdnotesns02fore (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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Bird Notes
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1. Redshank. 2. Green Plover. 3. Oyster Catcher and B.H. (InUs. 4. Black-headed Gnll.5. Mexican Kail. Tlie Great White-headed (Bed-^nimped) Weaver. 99 Gulls, Dunlins, Sanclerlings, Sandpipers, Curlews, etc.,I must leave for next instalment. (To be continued). The Great White-headed (Red-rumped) Weaver (DinemeUia dmemelli).By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S.A specimen of this rare species (as a living bird) wasexhibited by our esteemed member Mr. C. T. Maxwell atvarious shows during the season 1910-11, where it was de-scribed as the Eed-rumped Weaver, but as its original cog-nomen is equally descriptive, this had better be retained, andtherefore must still be known as the Great White-headedWeaver. Our esteemed member Mr. S. Williams, jun., drew thisbird at the L.C.B.A. exhibition, adding a few finishing touchesthereto at the recent L.P.O.S. show at the Crystal Palace.He has kindly lent us the drawing for reproduction. Mr.Willford, our esteemed Bus. Sec. and Treasurer, has kindlytaken a photo of

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