246 1 • Bakloh Aviary Notes. 



tain pair, cock Wexy amorous, has a pretty way of lifting and 

 fluttering the off "vvLnig, chivies her considerably, hen not 

 responsive. 



Tailor 'I^irds XOrtlwtonuis siiton'us) nested in early 

 August, 1911, HI two llg leave's, the eggs 'were fertile but 

 eaten by liiiie. The cock was very .amorous and noisy, 

 ohivying the hen a great deal, she seemed rather struck with 

 'an outside birtl; the cock did a little sewing in the very few 

 fig leaves. 



Blue-headed Rock Thrushes {Petrophlla iincloihyii- 

 cha). the cock was very amorous, and showed olf continu- 

 ally, but the hen was really hardly meatcd jif in the way I 

 like when I put her in the aviary prior to departure. Summer 

 visitors were very late this year. 



Indian Blue Chat {Larvivora brannca) ■ cock very 

 fit but hens had not arrived when I left, worse luck. 



Indian Pied Bush-chats {Pratincola caprata). The 

 first pair of the year were I)ot]i caught in the same tree by 

 double spring net trap almost on arrival. From ,my chair near 

 t(lie aviary \ tsaw both go^ for the mealworm at the same lime. 

 As, la rule when this happens one gets hurt, and this may 

 have happened in this case as the hen succumbed in ii few 

 days, though apparently feedhig well. I got another hen and 

 and took particular care with her before letting her loose. 

 Tliey were settling down nicely when I left, the cock doing 

 a m.o<li,fication of Jiis butterfly courting flight. For the first 

 ti(me I really wished my aviaries were higher. 



Paradise Flycatcher {terse p\Jwne paradisi) got its 

 wing hurt in; a (tree trap (an exceedingly rare occurrence) and 

 so was kept. It was an adult cock witli quite a. short white 

 tail. Beforei I Jeft [his tail had grown tremendously and his 

 wing was nearly all right and he seemed to be feeding well, 

 not only on live insects but on cut up mealworms, dried 

 terimites (for certain) and insect food made strong and rather 

 wet and allowed to dry lumpy. 



From here niy wife takes up thie tale. 



{To be CO lUi lined) . 



