Identifier: birdnotes63fore (find matches)Title: Bird notesYear: 1902 (1900s)Authors: Foreign Bird ClubNational British Bird and Mule ClubSubjects: Birds -- PeriodicalsBirds -- Great Britain PeriodicalsPublisher: Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule ClubContributing Library: American Museum of Natural History LibraryDigitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage LibraryView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:and Golden-breasted Waxbills ; Thave found the greatest difficuUy in getting them to eat anything inthe green-food va-. I keep mine in cages during the winter, in an unheatedroom; they have done very well, and I have at last found some green-foodwhich they will eat—that is the stringy roots of watercress; they ignoreth,. green leaves. Also they will peck at dandelion leaves that are growingin small pots, but they wont touch it if it is a loose leaf; I have tried themwith flowering grass, all kinds of fruit, and various insect foods as a slightaddition to the usual millet menu, but they never touch it. I dont know if other members have found the same thing, but my birds arc distinctly conservative in their tastes. East Putney, S. W. ; March 19, 1923. A. II. BARNES. (They will take flowering and seeding grass if growing in small pots, or if cut as a small turf too heavy for them to drag about—at least, such waxbills and avadavats as I keep caged in winter do so.—W.T.P.) Bird Notes.Text Appearing After Image:A. M. Cook. Cherry Finches and Nest. All Rights Reserved. May and June, 1923 BIRD NOTES. THE Journal of the Foreign Bird Club. Some Finches I have kept. By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S.. M.B.O.U.(Continued from page ^J). Cherry Finch (Aide)nosyne modesta). This species hasbeen known to aviculture for many, many years, but even during-the period when there were no restrictions to the importationol AustraHan birds, it was neither plentiful nor regular in its appearance on the English bird market. A few have recently appeared, so these reminiscent notes will not be inappropriate. It belongs to the same genus as the African and Indian Silverbills, and is very similar to them in form and general characteristics and also in the form and character of its nest,though it is not easy to persuade either species of Silverbill to build a natural nest in a tree or bush in captivity, for they almost invariably choose a Hartz travelling cage as a nest site.The Cherry Finch on the other hand, with me, has always chNote 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.
Summary[edit] Description: First time I have ever seen these. Julatten in North Queensland. They are very photo friendly, I sometimes had to back away to get focus with the 800. Date: 31 December 2013, 07:15. Source: red browed finch 1. Author: Jim Bendon from Karratha, Australia.
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Summary[edit] Description: Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton). Date: uploaded to Flickr October 28 2006 - uploaded to commons March 18th 2007. Source: Flickr here. Author: Flickr user topend. Photo uploaded to commons by user ltshears. Other versions: Cropped from Image:Crimson Finch.jpg.
Summary[edit] Description: Red-browed firetail, Neochmia temporalis, in what appears to be a Hakea bush. Dargo VIC Australia, January 2007. Date: 2 January 2007, 17:22. Source: Red-browed Firetail. Author: John Tann from Sydney, Australia. Camera location37° 33′ 28″ S, 147° 18′ 06.98″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-37.557778; 147.301940.