CONTENTS. 



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The Spectacled Owl {Syr<niutn pcrspicillatum) r>v 



Miss E. F. Chawner. 



Across the Channel By Lieut. F'rank Dawson-Smith. 



Birds of Queensland By A. Weston. 



Bird fJfe in the Firing Line ... By Dr. N. S. Lucas. R.A.M.C. 



Early Experiences By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., Etc. 



Aviary Notes, iqij By H. E. Bright. 



The Birds of British Guiana ... By Chas. Dawson, S.J.. M.A. 



(Oxon). 



Ideas on Breeding, and Origin of Blue Budgerigars By 



J. W. Marsden. 



Editorial : — White-cheeked finch-Lark Etc. : Nesting Notes; 

 Obituary; The Club's Medals. 



Correspondence: — An Australian Aviary; Aviary Notes; 

 Keeping Magpie in Cage, Etc. 



British Bird Calendar. 

 Inset. 



Post Mortem Reports. 



Th^ conditions upon which these will be made by Mr. HY. GRAY, 

 M.R.C.V.S.. 23, Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, London, W'., are as 

 follows : — 



(\) The birds must be sent immediately after death. 



(2) They must be packed in a box. 



(3) The Letter accompanying them must not be placed in the box 

 along with the birdi 



(N.B. — Unless the above conditions are complied with the packages 

 will be destroyed without examination). 



(4) The letter must detail as far as possible all particulars as to — 

 (a) Date of death. 



{b) Length of illness. 



{c) Symptoms of illness. 



(d) Lodgment and feeding of birds, and 



{e) Especially as to whether egg food or ing^ seed has been given. 



(5) The work will be done gratuitously, and a report published 

 in Biri Notes, but under no circumstances whatever will a report he 

 sent by post unless a fee of 2s. 6d. accompanies the letter gad bird. Pres- 

 sure of work compels Mr. Gray to make this an invariable r^Jle, and it 

 applies to all Members, whether they are personally acquainted with hioi or 



