102 Sf'ring Notes for i(j22. 



see what is in every nest, and nii^iit kill the youn!^- birds; so this 

 year I have ]mt them where they can do no harm. Still they 

 are not vicious birds, and aj^ree well with birds of their own 

 size and strength. I notice that since the moult they have 



much larj^er areas of scarlet in their i)luma,L;e. and expect this 

 will develop still more as they become fully adult. 



My last aviary is devoted to Budt^erij^ars. I have pairs 

 of Blue, (Jlive, Apple-green, and Blue-bred Green, and hope to 

 have a good number of young by the end of the season. 



The beginning of the season always finds me very hopeful, 

 and I picture crowds of young birds. So far my successes have 

 been very few and insignificant, but this year I think 1 shall do 

 better, as my aviaries are not so crowded; moreover, many pairs 

 which I got in the late summer have had time to settle down. 

 Anyway, I wish a most successful season to all members of the 

 F.B.C. 



[A pathetic interest attaches to the above notes, dated 

 April 25th, as they are the last which can reach us from our 

 young member's pen, as he died after three days' painful illness 

 (pneumonia) on April 30th, within two days of his eighteenth 

 birthday — he is a distinct loss to aviculture, as he was keenly 

 intelligent and observant, and took his birdy obsession very 

 seriously; Bird Notes will certainly miss his seasonal contril)u- 

 tions. To his sorrow'ing ])arents and sister we tender our 

 ])rofound sym])athy. — Ed.] 



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Notes on Jungle and other Wild Life. 



Bv Dr. Casky A. Wood. M.B.O.U. 



(Coiiiimtcd from fage 88). 

 Do caged birds on shipboard suffer from seasickness? 

 Well, some of them do. One rather stormy day, when between 

 B)ermuda and Sombrero Dight, our good ship rolled and tossed 

 ■I good deal, and some of the passengers retired for a reason- - 

 lohn the Third was noticed to be frankly and freely indulging- in 

 an attack of ;;/<// dc 111 cr. It was not an ordinary fit of 

 " gagging." but the genuine article, followed by that unmis- 

 takable " gia/.ed '" look about the eyes, that indifference to his 



