E. Guild—Tahitian Aviculture



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So far, I have liberated about five thousand birds, of forty-four

different kinds. As to results, the species may be divided into the

following classes :—


Birds which have Nested and Beared Young


Firefinch (Logonosticta senagala) ; African Waxbill (Estrilda trog¬

lodytes) ; Magpie Mannikin (Amauresthes fringilloides) ; California

Quail (Lophortyx californicus ; Chestnut-breasted Munia (Donacola

castaneithorax) ; Cordon Bleu ( Uraeginthus bengolus) ; Orange-breasted

Waxbill ( Estrilda subflava) ; Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) ;

Mallard Duck (Anas boschas) ; Bing-necked Pheasant (F. t. torquatus) ;

Orange Cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) ; Indian Amaduvade

(Amandava amandava) ; Zebra Finch (Txniopygia castanotis) ; Sidney

Waxbill (Estrilda temporalis ) ; Saint Helena Waxbill (Estrilda astrild).


Under this heading come Black Tanagers (Tachyphonus rufus),

as one pair have nested three times in a hedge near the house but,

each time the nest was destroyed, probably by rats.


Birds which Come Daily to be Fed, but have not yet Nested


Diamond Sparrow (Steganopleura guttata) ; Bicheno’s Finch (Stictop-

tera bichenovii) ; Gouldian Finch (Pcephila gouldiae) ; Long-tailed

Grass Finch (Pcephila acuticauda) ; Bufous Tailed Grass Finch

(Bathilda ruficauda) ; Mrs. Wilson’s Tanager (Tangara lavata centralis

berlepsch) ; Yellow Winged Sugar Bird ( Ccereba cyaneus) ; Maroon

Tanager (Rhamphoccelus carbo) ; Scarlet Tanager (Rhamphocoelus

brasilius) ; Golden Tanager (Callistes aurulenta) ; New Zealand

Zosterops (Zosterops tasmanica) ; Pekin Bobin (Liothrix lutea).


These last mentioned birds disappeared a month or so after being

liberated ; they are reported as having been seen on the opposite side

of the island. The New Zealand Zosterops were a gift from Mr. G.

Bowland Hutchinson, the President of the Avicultural Society of

New Zealand.


Birds which have not been Seen since Liberation


Black-headed Nun (Munia atricapilla) ; Blue-breasted Waxbill

(Uraeginthus angolensis) ; Cape Canary, Capetown, Africa ; American

Siskin (Carduelis tristis) ; American Mocking Bird (Mimis polyglottus) ;



