Antrultural Bmitt^ nf ©aliforttta 



For the Study of American and Foreign Birds in 

 Freedom and Captivity 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE i 



Adoiph uhi. w. w. Cooiey. 717 Market Street 



President Secretary 



F. W. DEvelyn Dr. S. R. Jacobs ^UH ^VnUt'lBtO, (BniMOXmU 



E. W. Gifford I 



PUBLISH ERS OF 



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. 

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Half Page - - - - 



Quarter Page 



BIRD NEWS is published bi-monthly. 



BIRD NEWS will open columns for 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 — Live specimens of "Blue 

 Robin," — Sialis sialis — for Zoolog- 

 ical Park; office B. N. 



WANTED — Breeder's Cards; state 

 breed and prices; special terms. 

 Business Manager. 



W^ANTED — One pair Belgian Cana- 

 ries, buff or yellow; J. B. M., care 

 of B. N. 



WANTED — A supply of mixed wild 

 (weeds) seeds for aviary birds; 

 Richard H., B. N. 



EXCHANGE 



EXCHANGE — Home-bred Black- 

 throat finches; what offers. Bird 

 News Exchange. A 10 gallon 

 aquarium for singing canaries; 



EXCHANGE — California Linnets for 

 Bobolinks or Cedar Birds; Senex, 

 B. N. 



QUERIES 



W. H. W., Santa Ana. — "Spratts" 

 is an old established house very re- 

 liable. 



A. Brown, Ocean View. — The seed 

 mixture is good; add teazle seed and 

 thistle. Maw seed twice weekly. 



Kate F., San Diego. — Mealworms 

 can be easily "raised" — get a start 

 from your local bird store. 



Donald, San Francisco. — Parrot 

 holding up foot. — Many birds rest by 

 holding up one foot; if bird lifts 

 foot suddenly wnen feeding or climb- 

 ing, possibly foot is sore; examine 

 foot; look for "strain" or "wound." 

 Rest and hot water for first; hot 

 water, Friar's Balsam, or Zinc Oint- 

 ment for latter. 



