CONTENTS, 



The Cherry Finch,.^.,_y,.,. By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S. 



Stray Notes in My Birdroom By Mrs. J. H. Burgess 



Whydahs By Dr. E. Hopkinson, D.S.O. 



The Nesting of the Fieldfare By W. Shore Baily. 



The Blue Mountain Lorikeet. ..By W. H. Workman, M.B.O.U. 



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

 (Oxon). 



A Cruise on the S.Y. " Vectis." By W. Shore Baily. 



Editorial: — Zoo Notes; Obituary. 



Correspondence: — Breeding of Hybrid Queries; Breeding 

 Notes — 1917; Breeding Blue Budgerigars; Is the Pin-tailed 

 Whydah Parasitic? (on page jp of Inset). 



Inset. 



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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. 



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

 along with the birds. 



(N.B.-r-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 wttether 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- 

 sure of work compels Mr. Gray to make tliis an invariable rule, and it 

 applies to all Members, whether they are personally acquainted with him 

 or not. 



