Identifier: birdnotes63fore (
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Bird notesYear:
1902 (
1900s)Authors:
Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule ClubSubjects:
Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain PeriodicalsPublisher:
Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule ClubContributing Library:
American Museum of Natural History LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:ooperOrnitholoL^ical Club, f.os Ans^eles, California. Post Mortem Reports. 1st Deceml;er, 1922, Avaf avat (rj ) : Mrs. .. ChaUcrton, Ruislip.—Double imeumonia.Diamond Dove (9): Mrs. A. Chattcrton, Ruislip.-—Double pneumonia. The uvo specunens above coming from the same person, with thesame disease, certainly looks like some infection about the jilace.—C.H.H. C. H. HICKS. C^ Errata. Iage 271 last two lines should read.List 2.HYBRIDS; Records which require fuller details. In the General Index, page 280, 2nd Col, owing to one word being out ot alignment .an unfortunate error is )>roduced. so : As Printed : As it should be : Hell Bird, 78, 19^. Bell Bird, 78, 194. ,, Bird l)oatsv.riins, 86. Bird, Boatswains, 86. ,, Cat, 220. ,, Cat, 220. ,, C..talogue, Aust y^. ,, C;italogue, Aust. 78. ,, Compiling a List of Foreign, ,, Com))iling .•> List of Foreign,etc. clc Those members who retahi Bird Notfs for reference should altertheir copy, at once, to save confusion later y. -• mText Appearing After Image:All Rights Reserved. February & March, 1923 BIRD NOTES. THE Journal of the Foreign Bird Club. Three Beautiful Niltavas. By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U, The recent acquisition by the London Zoo of two IndianFlycatchers of the genus Nilta^a, which are on view in theSmall Bird House, inclines me to think a few notes on theseexquisite birds may not be out of place and of some interest. These two species are : The Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara), fairly wellknown to aviculturists in pre-war times, but always uncommon;and the Lesser Niltava (iV. margrigoriae), which is very rare,and may be new to aviculture, though I rather think Mr. AlfredEzra possessed one in pre-war times. Rufous-bellied Niltava.—A sketchy description of itslovely plumage w^ould be—a robin-like bird with glisteningdeep blue upper parts; crown of head, nape, rump, upper tailscoverts, lesser wing-coverts, and a small patch on each side ofneck silky cobalt-blue; whole of under surface rufous-chestnut;beNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.