. Bird notes . , while its legs,plump and rounded, are particularly succulent. Afterit, from this point of view, comes the Guineafowl, andthen the young Bushfowl, the Green and the BlackPigeons, followed, but after a big interval, by the adultBushfowl, the Sand-Grouse and the Rock Bushfowl,all of which are dry, hard, and tasteless, and need alot of stewing. With this digression from birds into the domain ofthe cook, I will close these notes ; after all it is notmuch of a digression, at least out here, where theconnection of the bird with the pot is a close one, orat any rate should be, if ones
. Bird notes . , while its legs,plump and rounded, are particularly succulent. Afterit, from this point of view, comes the Guineafowl, andthen the young Bushfowl, the Green and the BlackPigeons, followed, but after a big interval, by the adultBushfowl, the Sand-Grouse and the Rock Bushfowl,all of which are dry, hard, and tasteless, and need alot of stewing. With this digression from birds into the domain ofthe cook, I will close these notes ; after all it is notmuch of a digression, at least out here, where theconnection of the bird with the pot is a close one, orat any rate should be, if ones meals are to be satis-factory in quantity and quality. THE 228 ^be 3nbcritance of Sohg in IPas^crinc Further Obskrvations on the Devei^opment of vSong AND NliST-BUIIvDING IN HaND-REARED ROSE-BREASTED GrOvSBEaKvS, Zamelodia ludoviciana (Ivinnseus).*By E. D. Scott. I have recorded some observations in regard tothe growth, plumage, and song of hand-rearedRose-breasted Grosbeaks. It is the purpose ofthe present paper to carry these observations astep further and to describe what occurred to thebirds after they were mated, as recorded in theprevious paper. About the third week in May, 1904, the song ofthe two male birds, each of which now had a mate,became crystalized and assumed a definite character,which was almost alike in both, but was absolutelyand entirely different from the song of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak as it is heard when wild out ofdoors. I have had for some years in a cage one of theGreen Bulbuls of India, known as Hard wicks Bulbul,Chloropsis hardiuickii, Jardine and Selby. This birdis singularly persistent in singing for
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