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Autrultitral BmH^ nf daltfnrma 



For the Study of American and Foreign Birds in 

 Freedom and Captivity 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 Adolph Uhl, W. W. Cooley. 



President Secretary 



F. W. D'Evelyn Dr. S. R. Jacobs 



E. W. Gilford 



PUBLISHERS OF 



717 Market Street 

 ^an ^ViXnt'xBta, (Ualifornta 



BIRD NEWS 



W. W. COOLEY. 



Business Manager 



each issue $20.00 

 each issue 10.00 

 each issue 7.00 



Subscription Rates — 75 cents per annum. 



Limited advertising will be taken. 



One Page --- 



Half Page ---------- 



Quarter Page -- -- 



BIKD NEWS is published bi-monthly. 



BIRD NEWS will open columns tor exchanges or sales. 



BIRD NEWS is open for queries on bird management, disease and all 

 kindred topics. 



BIRD NEWS will conduct a purchase department by which members 

 may obtain birds, bird literature or aviary furnishings. 



WANTED 



WANTED — Local breeders of Roller 

 Canaries. Please address Office 

 BIRD NEWS. 



WANTED — All bird fanciers in Cali- 

 fornia to express their views about 

 having a cage-bird show. Write 

 to Bird News. 



WANTED — Two pairs of California 

 bred Budgerigars, green or yellow; 

 state price. Office B.N. 



WANTED — Copy of "Ornamental 

 Waterfowl" by Hon. Rose Hub- 

 bard. Bi^ds of Canary Islands by 

 Harris. Office BIRD NEWS. 



EXCHANGE 



EXCHANGE — Home-bred Black- 

 throat finches; what offers. Bird 

 News Exchange. A 10 gallon 

 aquarium for singing canaries; 

 Bird News. 



QUERIES 



E. B., San Francisco — "Snipy- 

 head" is a thin and narrow skull, 

 equivalent to pinched skull — it is 

 a bad feature as it detracts from 

 character of show birds. 



M. Clark, San Jose — Your bird 

 died from acute inflammation of 

 liver and bowels. Something has 

 fouled your seed boxes. 



Young Bullfinches bathing? E. M. 

 K., Stockton — Yes, when able to pick 

 food, place bath in sun. 



Eureka, J. B. S. — The bill you re- 

 fer to is now law; it demands that 

 all collecting permits expire on 31st 

 of December of each year. There 

 is too much "commercial" collecting 

 going on in the state. The law is 

 stringent, but honest students will 

 have every consideration. 



