116 Alfred Ezra—Breeding Notes from Foxwarren in 1935


Indian Green-winged Dove. Three young were hatched, but all

died after leaving the nest.


Bleeding-heart Pigeon. A hen Bleeding-heart Pigeon mated to

a Bartlett’s Bleeding-heart Pigeon cock laid several eggs, but none

were incubated.


Silky Starling. Three young ones were reared.


Superb Starling. Nine young were hatched, but only one left

the nest.


White-eared Bulbuls. Three young were reared after many failures,

due to a pair of Oven Birds eating the eggs and destroying the nests.


Water Thick-knees. Two young were successfully reared.


Grenadier Weavers. Two young reared.


Madagascar Partridge. Four young were reared under bantams.


Californian Quail. Seven were hatched, but only one reared.


Shama. In all, ten young were hatched, but the parents refused

to feed the young after nine to twelve days.


The following birds all nested and laid eggs but in no case were

young hatched : Hoopoes, Fairy Bluebirds, Long-tailed Grassfinches,

Green Avadavats, Cape Canaries, Chestnut-breasted Bock Thrushes,

Pied Grallinas, Loochoo Jays, Brazilian Partridges, Gambel’s Quail,

Japanese Magpies, Kookabouras, Occipital Blue Pies, Pekin Bobins,

White-winged Wydahs, Giant Wydahs, and Orange-headed Ground

Thrushes.


In the large animal enclosure three Sarus Cranes were reared from

two pairs of full-winged birds away from place, but were brought

into the enclosure in October. Two pairs of Stanley Cranes had five

young ones, but these only lived a few days. I think the parents

walked them off their legs.


This year I am keeping the two breeding pairs in small paddocks

and hope for better results. Between fifty and sixty Mandarin and

Carolina Ducks were reared, most of them by full-winged birds that

are staying about very nicely. The Madagascar White-backed Duck

hatched five young. Two of these were killed by accident, but the

other three were reared. A good many Chestnut-breasted and

Cinnamon Teal were reared, also some Fulvous Tree Duck. Six

Paradise Shell Duck were reared and two Boss’s Snow Geese. A good



