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BIRD IMMIGRANTS

IN BRITAIN

FROM A CORRESPONDENT It is several weeks ago now since Inn West of England garden, they were set completely free, and high up on the ridge of the hill they have not gone away, but still In an exposed position, was a very live in the garden and in an adjoin- large aviary containing a varietying garden; but in the late summer of the hardy kinds of foreign birds. they returned to the aviary to Most of them had come out of tiny bulld and even brought building enges, and because their owner materials there from the fields. foved them a large place was set The weavers have chummed up aaldo for thom whore they would with a flock of chaffinchos and they have, as far as possible, natural always fly together. The green -conditions.

jund red created cardinals keep

In this wired-in sanctuary there themselves more to themselves, were tall trees, birch, poplar, may, though they are perfectly friendly Illac, and different kinds of coni- with the wild birds too. It is a form. There were also thick, low-very pretty sight to see them feed- growing bushes of stellamarising out of the same seed pan with juniper, box, dogwood, veronican, the blue tits and yellowhammers and escallonla, making a thickel and to watch the gorgeously of undergrowth between the trees feathered orango blahopa and which opened out to a wide space. Napoleons swinging on the sun- grnas-down and planted with flowers, or pecking seed among a flowers. Here was a tiny rock crowd of green-finches and chaffin- garden and a large shallow bird ches. bath of rugged stone sheltered by thickly growing monibretia, the One thing is noticeable: all the base of it overgrown with blue foreign birds have improved u campanula. A little path led to rondition, are far stronger on the the bird house, the pigeonhole of wing, and have grown in size since which stood always open. night they have had their freedom. and day.

IMPROVED DY EXILE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY; NOVEMBER 27, 1934.

Nanking Road was crowded as the general public thronged the atreste to watch the arrival of the let. Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fuellifera who landed recently to relieve the 2nd. Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment. The above photo shows the troops marching along on their way to barracks.

They are still partial to mealworms AMERICA'S

AERIAL DEFENCES

air folds stretching from const to coast. The formation of, this air force, according to members of the General Staff, means that Ameri- cans everywhere may look forward without fear of seeing the wings of foreign air raiders,

48 UNITS

The plan was announced by the Secretary of War, Mr. George H. Dern, who orders, the grouping of practically all the serviceable army planes into 48 combat units,

All the birds became neelima and come for them to n whistle) tised, and after a low youre they from any part of the garden, but returned to their wild siate and the cardinala all go wild worm would not roost under any roof. hunting with the thrushes and Early In the autumn of last year black-birds. Dishes of seed are several socke of heather were kept always in the aviary and brought in and piled up between different parts of the garden, also the bushes, making in almost im- bread sopped in milk and squeezed penetrable thicket some 2ft, or aftalmost dry, which the young birds! deep. In this they roasted through devour greedily. bitter cold, ice, snow, frost, fox. The amusing part of the experi- and heavy rains without coming toment is this, that the wild birds the least harm. Not one was sick seem to prefer the aviary to the or sorry. Early in the spring they ardon, for two pairs of robina, began to think about building and wren, several greenfinches, and wore supplied with hey, straw, and three thrushes have taken up per- combed-out clean hair of white manent residential quarters there, wool, mons, and halt. Very tiny rain, or fog. It is always found prehensive enough to repel attack generally until ground forces can doga, ends of coloured knitting And if there is a storm, or much twigs and more substantial ones full of foreigners once more. were scattered on the ground, but is hoped that they will naturalize as a rule the birds preferred and that perhaps in the future select and pock off twigs from the there may be new hybrids among trees and honther.

British wild birds.

CARDINALS' HOME.

proud.

It

STRONG FORCE OF FIGHTERS

MOBILITY AN ESSENTIAL

Washington, Nov. 10. The war department is planning aerial defence for America com

from any quarter.

The General Headquarter Air Force

will be counted upon to repel hostile air attacks, keep altacking Warships at bay until the navy can arrive on the scene, and hold the first ne of national defence

Putting the plan into exceution

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This IK to be accomplished be mobilised. general headquarters air force, under direct command of the Chief opportunity to even a number of Staff of the Army. This new of old acores, in addition to giving nir armada Is to be enable

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A pair of green cardinals were the first to go to nest. They hatch- ed and reared six strong young birds, of which the cock particu- Jarly WIS inordinately

closely woven.new German wireless, station is within three or four days of the prising the air forces of both the Their nest was beautifully made of twigs and moss now in construction which in to be and lined with dogs' hair and the biggest in Germany, Accord- The plan was announced at almost coloured wool. They built it highing to the plans of the German the same moment. Brigadier General Reich Post Office which is respon-William Mitchell was charging up in the top of a fir tree, but sible for German wireless the new before the Federal Aviation Comfor creation of a aparate nir force. pulled the first nest to pieces and station should be finished in about mission that military built another with the

aircraft materials for their second family erected in quite a new way,

two years. The nerials are to be development was being frustrated

Seven by boy scouts" in the War Depart- The plan also strengthens A pair of red-crested cardinalsmants ench 775 feet high are to be mont.

control of the General staff over the built a bont-shaped nest entirely erected so that they form a circle The General Itendquarters Air army air corps. of very fine heather twigs in the in the middle of which is the cen- Force is to consist, for the present, middle of a may tree. It was untral mast. This method is con lined and quite transparent, al-sidered to be the secret of a perfect though evidently very strong, for wave radiation,

ARTIC

It weathered nome rough winds.

At half-part 5 or thereabouts on a warm spring morning the cock would take his. hen's place on the nest and sit there singing Joyously. to himself, while she hunted for spiders and grubs, or preened her| feathers in the sun before flying to the bird table for seed. Wenvers of various kleda In the aviary were hardly exposted breed, but vas morning, sitting in a row along à ruddy dogwond twig, were three or four tiny youngsters, impudent | and fully fledged, the first of sever- al later broods. No one ever dis covered where the nosts were that they came from, but one day some- one found a lovely wenvera nest closely woven of long grass undi slung like a pochette between four) tall Shasta dilay blossoms. It was! quito benutiful and unlike the toy nests that these little birds so often make.

THE EXPERIMENT Spring passed into summer, and; it was then decided to try an ex- periment. The sides of the aviary were taken down and all the birds were allowed to go free. Would they stay on in the garden, or would they disappear. They were hurdy enough to- survive the win- ter, and they were not likely to be caught or ahot In that neighbour- hood, but they would still have to be fed; and herein lies a difficulty, for there are many wild British bird friends who take it as theiri right to share all and overything| that is put out for the foreigners, which makes feeding u very expen-} alve business.

of

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The General staff thereby pay's bombers, pursuit and attack ships-Fulais, chief of air corps for past some 450 fighting planes-off Major General Benjamin D. concentrated at seven or eight army erittelkm by limiting the scope and

authority of his office to super; valoa over servicing of planes and the operation of atr depots and air corps schools. Gen. Fulcis pub liely favoured the creation of separate army and navy air force.

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