. Bird notes . NIGHTJAR ( ? ) YOUNG NIGHTJARS EIGHT DAYS OLD. Reproduced iy kind courtesy of the Editor of the Field. All rights reserved]. [November 190S. BIRD NOTES: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. JLhe Besting of the Iftigbtjar in Captivity. By W. K. Tkschkmakkr, the most remarkable achievement probably that has ever beenrecorded in aviculture is the recent successful breeding of the Nightjar inGermany. Few indeed are the aviarists in this country who have succeededin keeping this species in good health for more than a very short period,and, when we recollect th
. Bird notes . NIGHTJAR ( ? ) YOUNG NIGHTJARS EIGHT DAYS OLD. Reproduced iy kind courtesy of the Editor of the Field. All rights reserved]. [November 190S. BIRD NOTES: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. JLhe Besting of the Iftigbtjar in Captivity. By W. K. Tkschkmakkr, the most remarkable achievement probably that has ever beenrecorded in aviculture is the recent successful breeding of the Nightjar inGermany. Few indeed are the aviarists in this country who have succeededin keeping this species in good health for more than a very short period,and, when we recollect that in these few cases success has only been at-tained by the patient labour of regular daily hand-feeding, it seems almostunbelievable that no less than two broods of young should have been fullyreared in captivity, quite apart from the fact that so shy and retiring a birdshould have actually incubated upon a hearthrug in an ordinary sitting room. When therefore some particulars of this unprecedented event were reproduced in The Field of
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