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Identifier: birdnotes06fore (find matches)
Title: Bird notes
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule Club
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain Periodicals
Publisher: Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule Club
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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another. O. MirxSUM—Olive lauai;er. Cau.se of dealli : Inflammationof lungs due to climatic changes. Mrs Mei.LOR—Green Ihidgerigar (hen). Cause of dealli :Inflammation of lungs and bowels, probably bronghtabout by chill acting on the system when dej>ressed byfretting. Note.—During the last two years a great tiumher ofbirds have died, and their deaths could only be attril)ute<lto climatic changes as extraneous infection was out of thequestion, biids having died in aviaries into which no freshbirds had been introduced for months. T. Wilson.—Pennant Parrakeet, in full colour, aged two years. In my opinion this bird died from infection obtained from the soil of the aviary, the disease being brought into activit\- partly by the inonlt and partly by the changeable weather. The bird, which was a cock, was somewhat emaciated, evidenced by sharpness of the breast bone, and had evidently been ill some days. (See Notes on Avian Cholera, page i8i). Hknky Gray, M.R.C.V.S. BIRD NOTES.
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MRS. E. WARREN VERNON AND HER PET NIGHTJAR. All righU resetved?^ (OCTOBER, 1907. BIRD NOTES: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. ^be IRiobtjar. (Capriinulgus europceus).By Mrs. E. Warren Vbrnon. I do not suppose many of our members have keptthis fascinating, but at the same time peculiar bird asa pet. To accurately describe him, imagine an old boughof an oak, with the sun flickering on it through theleaves, and you have the idea of the Nightjars colour.A marvellous mixture of warm chocolate browns,greys, and black. Size, about a Cuckoos; enormousblack eyes, which he squints in a horrible fashionwhen taking his food. At present he is still a bab\%and is fed at dusk and dawn, no food in the day at all.He sleeps and doses in the sun, flattening his bodyand wings to get all the warmth he can, and is like astuffed specimen during the day light. Directly even-ing comes, he opens his great eyes and I let him out,that is to say, I offer him my hand, and he condescendsto come on to it, and b

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