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 INDEX TO NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



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The asterisk is affixed to contributions which appear in the 

 Correspondence pages. 



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Alderson, Rosir 



My Shamahs ... ... ... ... ... 62 



* Green Singing Finch— Goldfinch hybrids ... ... 290 



Baker, :\r. E. 



A Novel Diet for Soft-bills ... ... ... 257 



Ball, Perkgrinr 



Patience Exemplified ... ... ... ... 158 



Judging British Birds .. ... ... ... 341 



Bell, David 



The Migration of the Swallow and House Martin ... 182 



Browning, R. 



Bits from a Birdroom ... ... ... ... 224 



More Bits from a Birdroom ... ... ... 308 



Chamberlain, C. B. d'Eyncourt 



* Substituted Entries ... ... ... ...16, 30 



* Breeding Buntings ... ... ... ... 72 



Cooper, C. 



The Carpenters of the Woods ... ... ... 280 



Cunningham, Wm. C. 



The Trials of a Hybrid Breeder ... ... ... 358 



CUSHNY, Charles 



** Ornithological Surgery... ... ... ... i6r 



* Tlie Cuckoo ... ... ... ... ... 206 



DUNLEATH, The Lady 



Breeding the Spice Bird ... ... ... 52 



My Aviary and its inmates ... ... ... 353 



DUTTON, IvUCY 



Breeding the Golden-breasted Waxbill ... ... 66 



Aviary Notes ... ... ... ... ... 227 



* Double-banded Finches ... ... ... 361 



FiLLMER, Horatio R. 



Hints for Beginners .. ... ... ... 14 



The Wood-Swallow Shrikes ... ... ... 68 



The American Cat-bird ... ... ... ... 107 



A Foreign Aviculturist's Bookshelf ... 203, 221 



The Double-banded or Biclieno's Finch ... ... 253 



Tl'e Water-Rail in Captivity ... ... ... 307 



The Spectacle Birds ... ... ... ... 329 



Foster, W. H. 



* Metliods of Warming Aviaries ... ... ... 54 



Frostick, John 



" :Meating-off" and Feeding Soft-bills 93, 121, 145, 169 



* F'ood for Nightingales ... ... ... ... 133 



* Point Prizes ... ... ... ... ... 134 



" Silkworms as Bird Food " ... ... ... 201 



