. Bird notes . Yoiiuu Gnira Ouckoo clinging to aviarv iiettin, Paieiits aud Yonnj^ Guini (Juckoo on tree, with White-crestedLaughing Thrush in centre. Nesting of the Eiifous-throated Blue Sugar Bird. 275 fairly on the wing, and one has to look twice to distinguishit from the adults. The food given consisted of insectivorous food, rawmeat cut small, and mealworms. Nesting of the Rufous-throated Blue Sugar Bird, (Glossoptila ruficollis).By Miss E. F. Chawnbr. Our esteemed Editor has asked me to send an accountof the nesting of my pair of Eufous-throated Blue SugarBirds, but I regret to say th
. Bird notes . Yoiiuu Gnira Ouckoo clinging to aviarv iiettin, Paieiits aud Yonnj^ Guini (Juckoo on tree, with White-crestedLaughing Thrush in centre. Nesting of the Eiifous-throated Blue Sugar Bird. 275 fairly on the wing, and one has to look twice to distinguishit from the adults. The food given consisted of insectivorous food, rawmeat cut small, and mealworms. Nesting of the Rufous-throated Blue Sugar Bird, (Glossoptila ruficollis).By Miss E. F. Chawnbr. Our esteemed Editor has asked me to send an accountof the nesting of my pair of Eufous-throated Blue SugarBirds, but I regret to say that the nesting resulted in failureand is, I fear, scarcely worth recording. I bought the birdslast February from our e^^teemed member Mr. Sutcliffe. Theywere acclimatised and in excellent condition though Mr. Sut-cliffe warned me that the cock bird had been wheezing. Iplaced them in a garden aviary, having an inner heated com-partment in which they spent most of the cold weather. Ifeed them on sweetened milk sop, ripe bananas, oranges, grapes,and other fruit in
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