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BREEDING RESULTS FROM FOXWARREN

PARK, 1934


By Alfred Ezra, O.B.E.


Chinese Blackbirds (Turdus mandarinus). —Seventeen eggs were

laid in four separate clutches and, although they were incubated and

several young were hatched, not one young bird was reared.


Crowned Starling ( Galeopsar salvadorii). —Three eggs were laid

by the 16th May. Two young were hatched by the 30th May. One

died on the 7th June, but the other left the nest on the 28th June.


. Slenderbilled Starling ( Cinnamopterus tenuirostris) .—This pair of

birds only laid two eggs, both of which were broken.


Shama (Kittocincla malabarica). —These birds laid several eggs,

which were broken. One egg was incubated and the young hatched

out on the 9th June, left nest 20th June, but was found dead on the

23rd June. Two more eggs were laid by the 25th June and one young

was hatched out and the other egg was infertile. The young one left

the nest on the 21st July and was found dead the following day.

Another egg was laid on the 23rd July which hatched out on the 19th

August. As the parents would not feed it, we took it away to try to

hand-rear it, but without success. These birds will not feed their

young once they leave the nest, as they go to nest again at once.


Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus) .—-One young one was

reared in August and an account of its breeding with photographs

appeared in the November number of the Magazine on page 301.


Boulroul Partridge ( Rollulus roulroul). —Three eggs were seen on

the 21st July and one young one was hatched on the 10th August.

The other two eggs contained dead chicks. The young one was almost

fully reared but died suddenly.


Madagascar Partridge [Margaroperdix madagascariensis) .—Eight

young were hatched under Bantams and fully reared. Two young

were hatched out by the parents and reared.


Fytche’s Partridge (Bamhusicola fytchii). —Six young ones were

hatched out but only two of them were reared.


Bronze-winged Pigeon ( Phaps chalcoptera) .—Nine young ones were



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