CONTENTS. 

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The Breeding of the Black-taUed Hawfinch ... •By W. Shork 

 Baily. 



IVhydahs ... ■ By Dr. E. Hopkinson. D.S.O. 



Nesting Notes, — ipi;^ By Herbert E. Bright. 



Noics from an Amateur in Ceylon By Mr.s. W. G. 



Dickinson. 



Notes of the Season By the M.^rquis of T.-vvistock. 



Editorial: — Zoo Notes; Yellow-rumped Tanagers. 

 Correspondence: — Breeding Song Thrush x Blackbird 



Hybrids; A Cockatoo Hybrid; The Breeding of Shamahs; 



A Device for Continuous Supply of Fresh Water. 



POST MORTEM REPORTS. 



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The 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 : — 



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



(2) They must be packed in a box. 



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

 along with the birds. 



(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) Lodgement and feeding of birds, and 



(e) Especially as to wnether egg food or inga seed has been given. 



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

 in Bird Notes, but under no circumstances whatever will a report be 

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

 suie of work compels Mr. Gray to make this an invariable rule, and it 

 ;it plies to all Members, whether they are personally acquainted with him 

 or not. 



