. The Avicultural magazine. Birds; Cage birds. 174 Correspofidence. than I could comfortably do witli, but I could see that, like his European relative, he would have become very tame, and when in really good feather- ing, would be decidedly handsome. Novi? will someone let us know his exact name ? In the index of the Ibis I can find no Petrocincla, (which this bird undoubtedly is), mentioned as being found in the part of the world from which he came. HUBKRT D. QUAIL FINCHES NESTING. Sir,—My pair of Quail Finches have made a nest, and incubation has been going on for five days. Can yo
. The Avicultural magazine. Birds; Cage birds. 174 Correspofidence. than I could comfortably do witli, but I could see that, like his European relative, he would have become very tame, and when in really good feather- ing, would be decidedly handsome. Novi? will someone let us know his exact name ? In the index of the Ibis I can find no Petrocincla, (which this bird undoubtedly is), mentioned as being found in the part of the world from which he came. HUBKRT D. QUAIL FINCHES NESTING. Sir,—My pair of Quail Finches have made a nest, and incubation has been going on for five days. Can you tell me how many days incubation What would you give as food if the young ones are hatched. It is very interesting to watch these sweet little birds—the labours of nestmaking and incubating seem in this case to be reversed, the female brings the materials, feathers and grass, the male makes the nest, and up to this time it is the male alone that sits on the nest, but he has a way of leaving the nest for an hour or two at a time while he preens his feathers and has his meals; this makes me rather anxious about the hatching of the eggs. The birds first made a nest between two pieces of turf which had been placed in the cage. This spelt disaster, as the top piece of turf dried up and. QUAIL I'lNCHES' CAGE, lumps of earth fell upon the nest and broke the eggs. Tlien all the turf except the bottom layer was removed and dry grass placed in the cage; the birds soon built another nest just like a Wood Wren's, with a little opening just like the entrance of a Wren's nest. You can just see the white marks on the bird's cheeks and his red bill. The eggs now being incubated are four in number, and are pure white, rather long. Ingram. The foUoiving reply ivas sent to Sir IVUliam Ingram : The period of incubation would probably be from twelve to fourteen days. It will be very difficult to provide living insects at this time of year. Please note that these images are ex
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