. Bird notes . ws. Nesting of Spot-billed Tou(::an (Selenidera macu-lirostris). Just at the moment of going to press we learnthat a young bird of this species has been hatched out, in alog nest, in one of the enclosures in the Small Birds House(London Zoo). It is a fortnight old (August 12) and appearsto be thriving; the parent birds feed it entirely on live-food,mealworms, gentles, beetles, No nest was built and allsawdust in the log nest was thrown out. The young birdis about half the size of its parents, and quite naked up tothe present, but the flight feathers are just showing throug
. Bird notes . ws. Nesting of Spot-billed Tou(::an (Selenidera macu-lirostris). Just at the moment of going to press we learnthat a young bird of this species has been hatched out, in alog nest, in one of the enclosures in the Small Birds House(London Zoo). It is a fortnight old (August 12) and appearsto be thriving; the parent birds feed it entirely on live-food,mealworms, gentles, beetles, No nest was built and allsawdust in the log nest was thrown out. The young birdis about half the size of its parents, and quite naked up tothe present, but the flight feathers are just showing through;the whole of its body, beak and legs are flesh colour. KuFous-NECKED WEAVER {Rypliantomis cucullatus).One young bird of this species has been reared. North American Snow-bird (Junoo hymenalis). Oneyoung bird of this species has also been reared, we think,for the first time in Great Britain.—Ed. Post Mortem Reports. Vule Rnle^ {S?e Pcu^iii of JSone to hand at time of going to press.—Ed. Bird „.s. . Photo Uj H. Willford. Common Tern {Sterna Huviatills) Nest and Eggs. IUri) Notes.
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