. Bird notes . ooperOrnitholoL^ical Club, Ans^eles, California. Post Mortem Reports. 1st Deceml;er, 1922, Avaf avat (rj ) : Mrs. .\. ChaUcrton, Ruislip.—Double Dove (9): Mrs. A. Chattcrton, —Double pneumonia. The uvo specunens above coming from the same person, with thesame disease, certainly looks like some infection about the jilace.— C. H. HICKS. C^ Errata. Iage 271 last two lines should ; Records which require fuller details. In the General Index, page 280, 2nd Col, owing to one word being out ot alignment .an unfortunate error is ]&
. Bird notes . ooperOrnitholoL^ical Club, Ans^eles, California. Post Mortem Reports. 1st Deceml;er, 1922, Avaf avat (rj ) : Mrs. .\. ChaUcrton, Ruislip.—Double Dove (9): Mrs. A. Chattcrton, —Double pneumonia. The uvo specunens above coming from the same person, with thesame disease, certainly looks like some infection about the jilace.— C. H. HICKS. C^ Errata. Iage 271 last two lines should ; Records which require fuller details. In the General Index, page 280, 2nd Col, owing to one word being out ot alignment .an unfortunate error is ]>roduced. so : As Printed : As it should be : Hell Bird, 78, 19^. Bell Bird, 78, 194. ,, Bird l), 86. Bird, Boatswains, 86. ,, Cat, 220. ,, Cat, 220. ,, , Aust y^. ,, C;italogue, Aust. 78. ,, Compiling a List of Foreign, ,, Com])iling .•> List of Foreign,etc. clc Those members who retahi Bird Notfs for reference should altertheir copy, at once, to save confusion later y. -• m. All Rights Reserved. February & March, 1923 BIRD NOTES. THE Journal of the Foreign Bird Club. Three Beautiful Niltavas. By Wesley T. Page, , , The recent acquisition by the London Zoo of two IndianFlycatchers of the genus Nilta^a, which are on view in theSmall Bird House, inclines me to think a few notes on theseexquisite birds may not be out of place and of some interest. These two species are : The Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara), fairly wellknown to aviculturists in pre-war times, but always uncommon;and the Lesser Niltava (iV. margrigoriae), which is very rare,and may be new to aviculture, though I rather think Mr. AlfredEzra possessed one in pre-war times. Rufous-bellied Niltava.—A sketchy description of itslovely plumage w^ould be—a robin-like bird with glisteningdeep blue upper parts; crown of head, nape, rump, upper tailscoverts, lesser wing-coverts, and a small patch on each side ofneck silky cobalt-blue; whole of under surface rufous-
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