. Bird notes . lts.). I have for two or three years wanted to breed boththese species. The Fieldfare {Tardus pilaris, Linn.), I believe, hasnot bred in captivity, but I cannot see any reason why itshould not do so. The principal difficulty is, I suspect, toget a true pair, as the sexes are alike. My first pair werevery fine birds, but were, I think, two cocks, as they weroalways quarreling and made no attempt to nest. This year Iparted with one of them, and got another from a dealer, whichwas supposed to be a hen and I believe, rightly so. Shein a miserably dirty condition, when she arrived, i
. Bird notes . lts.). I have for two or three years wanted to breed boththese species. The Fieldfare {Tardus pilaris, Linn.), I believe, hasnot bred in captivity, but I cannot see any reason why itshould not do so. The principal difficulty is, I suspect, toget a true pair, as the sexes are alike. My first pair werevery fine birds, but were, I think, two cocks, as they weroalways quarreling and made no attempt to nest. This year Iparted with one of them, and got another from a dealer, whichwas supposed to be a hen and I believe, rightly so. Shein a miserably dirty condition, when she arrived, its tail andhalf her flight feathers were gone, and altogether she looked 230 Some British Binds in My Aviaries. most disreputable. However, she had one very good point, shevi^as tame and would feed from the hand; rather unusual withsuch a shy species. I am glad to say that although she nowhas her freedom in a ive,ty large aviary, she will still come whencalled. So far they have made no attempt at nesting, prob-. Photo W. Shore (^ ably because the hen was so badly out of condition, but Ihope that next year they will make up their minds to do so. These birds nest very late in the year in Norway. Iremember finding, at end of Au;gust, a nest of young ones ina spruce at Fnondheim, when on a yachting cruise there somesome years ago. I tookl a pnoto of tlie nest, but the lightwas not good, and the resultant picture not good enoughfor Thesei and the Hooded Crows were about the^commonest birds I ).Siaw in Norway. Some day, when I havetime, if our. Editor is short of copy for I must senda few notes of some pf the birds seen on the trip> which ex- Some British Birds in My Aviaries. 231 tended through Lapland, past Spitzbergen, and as far north asthe polar ice pack. With the Bearded Tits {Panurus biartnicus. Linn.) Ihave at last been successful, and two young ones are beingreared this season. The first pair I turned out met with ill luck,the hen dying egg-bound
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