. The Avicultural magazine . ed like small gooses eggs and which we thought must belongto Chenonetta jubata. They were of a creamy white colour with a glossy surfacebut as they did not look particularly fresh we thought it best to take them in casethe bird had no intention of returning and laying more. We placed them under asmall hen which duly hatched all three. One was a weakling and died on leavingthe shell, and I have its skin before me as I write. It is of a mouse-brown on theupper surface, darker on the head. The throat, cheeks, and under-surface generallyare yellowish white. A whitish l
. The Avicultural magazine . ed like small gooses eggs and which we thought must belongto Chenonetta jubata. They were of a creamy white colour with a glossy surfacebut as they did not look particularly fresh we thought it best to take them in casethe bird had no intention of returning and laying more. We placed them under asmall hen which duly hatched all three. One was a weakling and died on leavingthe shell, and I have its skin before me as I write. It is of a mouse-brown on theupper surface, darker on the head. The throat, cheeks, and under-surface generallyare yellowish white. A whitish line passes from the base of the bill over the eyeand another below the eye, passing to the back of the cheek, where it joins thewhite of the lower part of the cheek. There is also a whitish patch on the inneredge of the wing and another at the side of the base of the tail. The other two goslings were successfully reared without difficulty. Theycommenced to graze at an early age and grew very rapidly, both proving to z = O 5 Correspondence. 211 The parent birds never bred again, though each spring they made a roundof inspection of the nest-boxes. Now, alas ! the stock has died out. Zoological Society, liegenfs Park. D. Seth-Smith. Sir,—Those of our readers who are fond of wild birds may be interested tohear that others besides Billy, the Great Tit, will now perch on our hands to befed. Zit, the cock Robin, comes regularly, and stays for quite a long seems to prefer feeding from my hand (/ I have gloves on. A few days ago,after eating what he wanted, he still sat on, and broke into the sweetest whisper ofa song, very low and clear, by way of thanking me. It was so pretty to watchthe quivering of his small throat as he sang. Twice Zit and Billy havehad a fight on my hand, one bird being already there and the other coming to<lrive him off. Of course it ended that both went, as a human hand is noplatform for a boxing match. Billy follows us all over the garden
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