^11 !^i3bt* !J\es(irvc6, August. 1922. 



BIRD NOTES: 



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 JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 



Stray Notes from Lady Dunleath's Aviary. 



By the Lady Dunleath. 



I liave now a i^ood many birds, mostly ordinary species, 

 in my aviary. haN'ini^- added a few more at intervals as oppor- 

 tunity occurred. One, a (llossy Starlint;- {Lamprocornis 

 chalvbcus), is a facsimile of the one which lived here for ten 

 years; another, a Military Starling (Trupialis Diilitaris), is the 

 first I have ever had of this species -these two I got from 

 Gamag'e's. 



With them in the first division of my aviary are : 

 Saffron Finches (Sycalis fiavcola). 

 Various species of Weavers and Wliydahs. 

 Pair of Budgerigars (Melopsittaciis iiiidulattis). 

 Pekin Robin {Liothrix lutciis). 

 Baya Cowbird {Molot lints bay a). 

 Two Cardinals 



Madagascar Weavers (Foiidia madagascariensis). 

 Pair of Cockateels (Calopsittactts novae-hoUandiae). 



Second Division: This is given up to VVaxbills and 

 other odd Ploccidae, SiS follows: 



b pairs Avadavats (Sporaeginthiis ainandava). 



7 Grey Waxbills {Estrilda cinerea). 



I Blue-breasted Waxbill (£. angolensis). 



I Green Siugingfinch (Serimis icterus). 



4 Black-headed Nuns (Munia atricapilla). 



3 pairs Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia castanotis). 



I'he Avadavats (I got them from Hamlyn) have bred — 

 a: least one pair has — and have four young ones just hatched 

 (August /). They built a lovely nest, like a wren's, in an ivy 

 liush, and I am hoping the young will be successfully reared. 

 I bought these birds in December last, kept them through the 

 winter in a large room in the house, the only heat being that 

 radiating from two incubators. 



One pair of Zebra Finches have nested, and now they 



