. Bird notes . tly the paint which costabout another ^5. So I should think from ^40 to ^45 would cover every-thing bar the shelves, these had been in my possession for some time. This wilderness aviary was built in three to four weeks, being com-pleted in June, and if it yields as good as per centage of interest to me inyears to come, as it has this year, it is at least a good investment if not anHI Dorada. 235 XTbe Westing of JBulbuls in daptivitv>- By A. our esteemed Editor has requested me to give a description of thenest and eggs of my Bulbuls I will endeavour to do so. To
. Bird notes . tly the paint which costabout another ^5. So I should think from ^40 to ^45 would cover every-thing bar the shelves, these had been in my possession for some time. This wilderness aviary was built in three to four weeks, being com-pleted in June, and if it yields as good as per centage of interest to me inyears to come, as it has this year, it is at least a good investment if not anHI Dorada. 235 XTbe Westing of JBulbuls in daptivitv>- By A. our esteemed Editor has requested me to give a description of thenest and eggs of my Bulbuls I will endeavour to do so. To start from thecommencement, I exchanged some West Indian birds with Mr. Frost for apair of Bulbuls, which he called Philipine Bulbuls.* The cock bird is ashy-grey on the breast, with a black head and short crest, much darker colourOH the back, and scaled like a Ring Ouzel, a long blackish tail, tipped withwhite and a yellow vent; the hen is very similar, but a trifle smaller, andnot so distinct in her NEST & EGGS OF PHILIPPINE When I first received the birds, they were in very poor condition,rough in plumage and without tails, so I placed them in a large flight cagein my bird room, where they soon recovered strength ami grew tails. I thentransferred them to the flight, turning them out into my garden aviary inApril, where they seemed always to sit together, squabbling and chucklingall day long. On July the 31st I noticed the cock bird carrying some shredsof cocoanut fibre, which he had evidently pulled out of a cocoanut husk ;on August 2nd I first noticed the nest, which was built in a Ilartz-cagehanging over the entrance of the feeding shed (I was obliged to remove thenest from the cage, in order to get the photograph). On August the 5th the * Ohcompsa /eitCfis. 236 nest was nearly finished, it was cup-shaped, about i| inches deep, con-structed of green grass and fine hay, and so frail that one could see throughit. On August 9th the nest contained three egg
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