BREEDING THE RED-BILLED BUFFALO-WEAVER
Bulbalornis niger intermedius by Carl Garnham
The author obtained a group of 11 buffalo-weavers, which he believed had originated from Tanzania and were therefore B. n. intermedius . He
describes the diet fed to them, their nest building, the eggs, the hatching of the young and the subsequent death of the oldest chick, the subordinate male and several other chicks, after they ate maggots contaminated with botulism. Later chicks also died. Four sent for laboratory examination were found to have died from atoxaplasmosis.
THE FIRST HAND-REARING OF MAURITIAN WHITE-EYES Zosterops spp.
by Andrew Cristinacce, Amanda Ladkoo, Elise Kovacs, Lara Jordan, Anne Morris, Tracé Williams, Frederique de Ravel Koenig, Vikash Tatayah and Carl Jones
Four common Mauritius Grey White-eyes ( Z. borbonica mauritianus ) chicks were hand-reared to help refine hand-rearing techniques in preparation for hand-rearing chicks of the Critically Endangered Mauritius Olive White-eye ( Z. chloronothos ). The first nest rescues and hand-rearing to fledging of chicks of both species at the Gerald Durrell Wildlife Sanctuary on the island are described. There is a feeding schedule for the chicks and a graph that plots the daily weights of the Olive White-eye chicks. There is also a description of the development of the chicks from day one to day 15.
NOTES ON THE CARE AND BREEDING OF THE TURQUOISE TANAGER
Tangara mexicana by Mark Sproule
Mark describes the successful breeding of this tanager in his indoor birdroom in Canada. The two young from the first nest died, when well feathered, possibly after eating contaminated waxworms. The smaller of the two chicks from the second nest was found dead on the floor, but the larger chick fledged at 13 days old. The pair nested a third time and again the smaller of the two chicks died, and the remaining chick progressed well and fledged successfully. Graphs plot the insect consumption of the chicks in the successful nests. Colour photos show the head and body coloration of the adult bird, a clutch of two eggs and chicks at 11 days old and 15 days old.
COLLATED DATA ON THE MADAGASCAR FODY Foudia madagascariensis
by Neville Brickell
The author, who lives in South Africa, has collated a wide range of data on this species (formerly called the Madagascar Weaver) both in the wild and in captivity. Included is data on feeding, housing, breeding, life expectancy and hybrids and mutations. It is illustrated by Neville's colour photo of a male in breeding plumage.
MEMOIR, NOTES AND ANTHOLOGY ARISING FROM A VISIT TO BRAZIL
Part 1 by Brian A. G. Hill
Brian, who lives in Greece, writes about his first visit to Brazil. In November 2005, he flew to Belém and while there made frequent visits to Mangal das Garcas and the Museu Paráense Emilio Goeldi, making notes of the captive, semi-captive and wild birds he saw there and elsewhere during his stay in Brazil. He was especially keen to visit places visited by Bates, author of the Naturalist on the River Amazons (1854), who started and finished his much more extensive visit to Brazil at Belém.
BOOK REVIEWS. Turacos - a natural history of the Musophagidae; The Parrot Companion.
DO YOU KEEP EITHER OF THESE DOVES? by Jerry Fisher
An attempt to set up special interest groups to keep and breed pure normal-coloured Diamond Doves ( Geopelia cuneata ) and to establish a captive-bred self-sustaining population of Namaqua or Cape Doves ( Oenas capensis ) in the UK.
NEWS & VIEWS. Included are items on the breeding of 11 Green Aracaris ( Pterglossus viridis) at the Dallas World Aquarium, the breeding of the Sulawesi White-eye (Zosterops consobrinorum ) at the Eden Project, the first breeding of the White-throated Ground Dove (Gallicolumba xanthonura ) at Louisville Zoo, the breeding of the Lesser Flamingo ( Phoeniconaias minor ) at Fort Worth Zoo and the discovery of the Madagascar Pochard ( Aythya innotata ) on a remote lake in northern Madagascar.
There is also a list of the contributors and the index to Volume 112.
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