Identifier: birdnotesns04fore (
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Bird notesYear:
1902 (
1900s)Authors:
Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule ClubSubjects:
Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain PeriodicalsPublisher:
Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule ClubContributing Library:
American Museum of Natural History LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryView Book Page:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:lavour. This, and a little fruit, suchas banana, sweet orange, pear or grape, was the stock dietof all the Lories and Lorikeets. As a further inducement tothe parent birds to feed their young, I placed daily in theiraviary an additional bowl of food, consisting of, sponge cake,honey, and Horlicks Alalted milk, prepared thus: one teaspoon-ful of Honey, two teaspoonsful of Horlicks mixed in sufficienthot water to thoroughly moisten the sponge cake. Tliequantity of si^onge cake was about the size of four pennycakes, and on these foods the birds throve wonderfully, asmy notes indicate. Memories of a Trip in Argentina. By the Hox. Mary C. Hawke. I promised our Editor some time ago I would try andwrite some notes of the Argentine birds I saw during mytravels. I hoped to try and classify them on my return toEngland, but I found that there was no chance of obtaininga book on the S. American birds, but through the kindnessof Mr. Page I glanced through Dr. Sclaters Birds of Argen- P)iHi) Notes.Text Appearing After Image:Fholo by H. Whistler.Hemprichs Gull (Luras liemiiridii). Vide iKige 176. Memories nf a Irip in Arueiilinn. 27.t tiiia, ;iii(l crrtaiii vols, of H.M. Cat., at tlif Z()ol().--ical SocietysLil)rary. At one of tlu ports on the way to l-.uciios Ayiis, a manbroiiylit oil lioard a tame (ov-I)ir(l and a IJangru^st; lu* askr-dalK)ul £2 caili for theiii! I think he sold the Cow-bird. AtBuenos Ayrcs I went to the Zoo, and in a very large lliglitsaw Virginian Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis), Pope (Iaro-aria larvata), and Red-crested (/. rticallata); also a birdsimilar to an English Thrush, Cow-l)irds, etc. In anotherlarge aviary there were some very line ultuies and otherbirds of prey. I went a twenty-four hours journey I)y train northof B.A. to Santos, Province of Santa Fe. The most notice-able birds are the Little (Burrowing) Owls (Speotyio cut/iei-laria), that are out all day, sitting on posts; they never laketheir eyes off you, flying up into the air and down again to thesame perch, utteNote 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.