. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . white, would behard to distinguish from those of many of the othersmall Weavers. According to Mr. Jackson, writing of the species asseen by liim at Kibwesi, near the northern base ofMount Kilimanjaro: This pretty little bird is foundeverywhere in the country. Its nest is made of drygraw, and Ls found in various positions, such ns in a lowbush, in a mimosa or acacia tree, thirty feet from the of all the Waxbills. Only well-feathered specimensshould be purchased, and always in the spring; more-over, it is best to purchase several pairs. If these pointsare at
. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . white, would behard to distinguish from those of many of the othersmall Weavers. According to Mr. Jackson, writing of the species asseen by liim at Kibwesi, near the northern base ofMount Kilimanjaro: This pretty little bird is foundeverywhere in the country. Its nest is made of drygraw, and Ls found in various positions, such ns in a lowbush, in a mimosa or acacia tree, thirty feet from the of all the Waxbills. Only well-feathered specimensshould be purchased, and always in the spring; more-over, it is best to purchase several pairs. If these pointsare attended to, a sound pair may be secured which willlive for years. Formerly it was .supposed that the Cordon Bleu (or Butterfly Finch, as the Germans call it) could not be-kept at a lower temperature than 70 degrees Fahr., butI kept my first pair, under most unfavourable condi-tions, at a winter temperature often falling to 40 de-grees, for eighteen months. Since that time I have hada bird in good health and lively at a temperature of. ^IOLET-EARKI) WAXBILLS. ground, in the thatch of a native hut, or in the desertednest of the common Yellow Weaverbird. The call-note of the Cordon Bleu is a sharp thinwhistle, usually twice uttered, and not unlike the call-note of our EnglL^h Blue-tit. Its song, which is onlyheard in the breeding season, is usually sung as anaccompaniment to a ridiculous dance; moreover, thecock, like many of these small Weavers, always holdsa long straw or bent in its beak as it sings, which addsto its grotesque appearance; the song itself is of nogreat account, but is bright and lively— Tezier, tezit,tezit. tezee, vei-v shrilly uttered. This is one of the most abtmdantly imported and un-fortunately, until acclimatised, one of the most delicate 24 degrees. Lastly, the Rev. C. D. Farrar has bothkept and bred this tiny Finch in a large garden aviaryin Yorkshire. In 1898 I had five examples of this species, three ofwhich had been in my possession for two years; one
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