. Bird notes . emulous wnth life, even the most trivial plume. Quite apart from the fascination of possessing |theextraordinary, the interesting, or the rare—an experiencewhich every collector knows in some sort—the Paradisidoimust fascinate and enthral all Avho study them as livingcreatures, and it is easy in a measure to grip the intei-est andattraction Mr. Brook feels in his almost priceless collection.{To he continued). Nesting of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. (Hedt/)neles ludovicianns). By Hubekt D. Astley, , , This lovely species, now almost unprocurable (mypresent pair
. Bird notes . emulous wnth life, even the most trivial plume. Quite apart from the fascination of possessing |theextraordinary, the interesting, or the rare—an experiencewhich every collector knows in some sort—the Paradisidoimust fascinate and enthral all Avho study them as livingcreatures, and it is easy in a measure to grip the intei-est andattraction Mr. Brook feels in his almost priceless collection.{To he continued). Nesting of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. (Hedt/)neles ludovicianns). By Hubekt D. Astley, , , This lovely species, now almost unprocurable (mypresent pair having been most kindly presented to me bythe authorities of the New York Zoo) is most desirable andinteresting. Perhaps giving an account of their nest-ing I had better fully describe them. The Eose-breasted Gros-beak is about the size of a Red Cardinal, but its plumageis much tighter and nealer. The nniie in breeding plumageis very striking; the contrasts of the black, white, and rosy- Bird Meyers Sickle-billed Bird of Paradise. (IJphiiacliiix itiii/eri). ^^
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