Additional aviary Notes 



1. THE SHAM A 



A male and a female Shama were inmates 

 of adjacent aviaries. They were kept separate 

 because I found that in the non-breeding sea- 

 son the male refused to keep company with 

 the female. In March 1923, noticing an amor- 

 ous change in their attitude, I brought them 

 together in the hope of raising a brood of 

 young Shamas. The hen showed no fear 

 of the male ; on the contrary, in a few 

 days she seemed to order the cock about. 

 The latter had evidently lost all his imperious- 

 ness. But, however gentle he was to his 

 mate, he was most overbearing towards strong- 

 charactered and sturdy birds like the Dhayal. 

 Chats also and even the gentle Dama — Orange- 

 headed Ground Thrush — seemed to irritate him 

 and had to be removed elsewhere. But small- 

 er birds like the Finches were never molested. 

 The male was a very jealous husband, and 



