Bakloh Aviary Notes. !^45 



were only greasy dried, as they should be. The commoa 

 blackbeetle of the Tvitchen dries very -.veil (dry real hard), 

 and responds very well to hot water when wanted. 



I seem to be rather off the lines but foods are my par- 

 ticular hobby. My .own mi.^cture at present' is one part 

 each, in bulk, flies,, ants' egg's and cVissel, co two parts biscuit 

 made crumbly moist and then hard boiled agg lightly mixed 

 in, one ^gg to say ten to sixteen birds. 



Now having cackled, lets get to the losses. (Jn arrival 

 in Baklon .on i ith March I found in the Finch aviary i cock 

 Blue-headed Rock Fhrush, i cock Blue Chat, i cock Red- 

 billed (Wren), Babbler, all these (with spouses smce departed) 

 were caught in September, 191 4; i pair Tailor Birds, and 

 4 Crested Black Tits caught in December, 1913. Bar one Tit 

 all very fit. To these 1 added and did not let go i hen Tit 

 B'abbler (it's no good both my wife and self have got into 

 misnaming the Red-billed Babbler, they are more like Tits 

 than Wrens, soi 1 give up trying to name them correctly) on 

 March 12th ^^smart catching this), .one hen Rock Thrush; on 

 April 12th, both in Fimch Aviary. Also added and placed 

 in Fai Aviary i pair Pied Bush Chats (domestic Pied Chat) 

 on 1 8th and 22nd March, and i pair Tit Babblers on 13th 

 March. In verandah aviary i cock Paradise Flycatcher 

 on 6th April. 



My notes till I Jjeft are as follow : 



Reu-billed Babblers. Cock started feeding hen 

 while the latter was still in the mieating. ofl cage, aiul 

 lien was soon let out and cock then started carrying grass and 

 leaves, and courting conmtenced, no special display bar tickl- 

 ing in 'true babbler style, hen quiescent, but helped in latter 

 sKa^cs of nest that cock was building in a half covered Lip- 

 tjpn's tea tin, about Gift, from ground under the ca\Co of the 

 bungalow. Nest j)ra< tically linished on 1 ytli April, domed, 

 made of coarse grass and leaves, and lined with fibre. Un 

 23rd there were 3 eggs, rather huge for size of bird, white 

 with rather large pale rusty splashes at big end. 



Rather think other pair may start soon, too. 



Crested Bl.\lk Tiis {L. inclanolophus). One ccr- 



