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is responsible for the non-increase and possible de- 

 crease in the entries of foreign birds for the various 

 Shows ; few aviculturists caring to go to the trouble of 

 catching and steadying birds for the show bench, and 

 that at a time mostly when aviaries are being over- 

 hauled and everything being put in order for the 

 coming; breeding season. W. T. P. 



The Club medals were awarded as under : 

 Mr. W. L. Hawkins, silver medal, 

 Mr. S. M. Townsend, bronze medal. 

 Miss Conway Gordon ,, ,, (for member never 



having won one before). 



Zbe (BoulMau Jfincb. 



[The following interesting field notes and methods of capture 

 of this beautiful and interesting inmate of our aviaries are 

 from an interesting booklet issued by Messrs. Payne and 

 Wali^ace, the Australian Bird and Animal trappers]. 



The Gouldian is purely a tropical bird, and is 

 rarely found farther South than L,atitude i8°. It has, 

 however, a very wide range, extending from theNorth- 

 East of Queensland to the North-West Coast of West- 

 ern Australia. It is rather more plentiful in the latter 

 part which are its favourite haunts. 



The Black-headed Gouldian is undoubtedly the 

 most plentiful of the three varieties. For instance, 

 taking on an average, for every loo Gouldians we take 

 from the nets, 80 per cent, are Blackheads, 15 per cent. 

 Redhead cocks, and only 5 per cent. Redhead hens. 

 It will be clearly seen that Redhead hens are in the 

 minority. Now the ten Redhead cocks have to find 



