. Bird notes . She was thetamest bird I ever had, and used to follow me all over thehouse and grounds, but it nearly drove us all mad with itseverlasting call. It got on everyones nerves. I think aStarling and a Hedge-Sparrow both have the most irritatingcall when young. Now I have about seventy birds, and am soon going tobuild aviaries on quite a new plan, so as to have no more thanthree species (one pair of each) in each aviary, and by thismeans I think breeding operations will be more likely to provea success. A pair of Cordon Bleus have laid in all seven eggs this year,none of them fertile
. Bird notes . She was thetamest bird I ever had, and used to follow me all over thehouse and grounds, but it nearly drove us all mad with itseverlasting call. It got on everyones nerves. I think aStarling and a Hedge-Sparrow both have the most irritatingcall when young. Now I have about seventy birds, and am soon going tobuild aviaries on quite a new plan, so as to have no more thanthree species (one pair of each) in each aviary, and by thismeans I think breeding operations will be more likely to provea success. A pair of Cordon Bleus have laid in all seven eggs this year,none of them fertile, and this in my window aviary. I find allthe Estriklse love pampas grass. They carry it about in theirmouths dancing their most ridiculous love song, and fill thenest with it. At this moment the cock Cordon Bleu has anenormous piece of hay and moss hanging from his tiny beakand is hopping up and down singing hard. I have not any soft bills, but when the new aviaries are upI shall start them too. E). W. NEST OF THE DIAMOND DOVE. [To face page 21 All rtshis resetved,] [DECEMBER, 1906. BIRD NOTES: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. ICbe 2)iamont) Bove. [Geopelia cnneaia).By T. Page, names :—Speckled Ground, Graceful Groundand Red-e3^ed Dove, and also that of Diamond Dove,which is now almost exclusivel} used. Most Doves are rather dull, some even stupid, butthis cannot be said of G. acneata; however, apartfrom their dulness, doves make an agreeable variety inan aviary, feed largely on the seeds other birds scatterabout, and never interfere with their smallest fellowcaptives, reserving their very pronounced animosityfor their near relatives. As regards beauty, both as tocontour and plumage they are unsurpassed by anyother order of birds. The exquisite harmony, thechaste and soft colouring, so beautifully blended as tobe simply beyond description, must be seen to beappreciated ; and of the many species that have beenimported, the present diminutiv
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