332 A. Ezra—Breeding Results at Foxwarren Park, 1938


Dwarf Turtle Dove. —Eleven hatched. Ten reared.


Triangular Spotted Pigeon. —Two young hatched and reared.


Indian Green-winged Dove. —One hatched and reared.


Necklace Dove. —Five hatched. Three reared.


Black Throated Cardinal. —One young hatched and reared.


Western Blue Bird. —Eleven hatched and reared but several

died after being separated from the parents.


Western x Eastern Blue Bird.— Three young hatched. One

reared.


Mountain Blue Bird. —Nine hatched. Five reared. Two died

when full grown through being fed on mealworms.


Boyal x Superb Starling. —One young hatched but died when

almost full grown.


Madagascar Weaver.— Five hatched and four reared.


Yellow Shouldered Weaver. —Two young hatched and reared.


Jackson’s Thrush.— Four young hatched, but two reared.


Boyal Starling. —One young hatched wdiich lived only one day.


Snowy-headed Bobin Chat. —Two young hatched, but were

thrown out of the nest when almost full grown.


Purple-headed Glossy Starling. —One young hatched which

disappeared when nine days old.


Blacksmith Plover. —Six young hatched and four reared. I may

mention that this pair of birds started laying soon after Christmas,

1937, and laid about twenty-five eggs in all. Of course they were only

allowed to incubate the last two clutches.


Mountain Quail. —Five hatched, but only one reared.


The following birds had eggs which were not hatched : Kooka-

buras, Yellow-billed Magpies, Eastern Blue Jays, Pekin Bobins,

Bothschild’s Grackles, White-eared Bulbuls, Giant Wydahs, Mountain

Witch Doves, White Mynahs, Shamas, Abyssinian Cliff Chat,

Scarlet-backed Tanagers, Tair Pigeons, and Brush Bronze-wing

Pigeons.


In my large animal enclosure I have had a very successful year’s

breeding. Over a hundred full-winged Mandarin and Carolinas were

seen on the pond in addition to a good many other varieties of Ducks

hatched under hens. The Fulvous Tree Ducks have been most prolific



