AVICULTURAL

MAGAZIN E.



CONTENTS.



Officers for the Year 1916-17 .. .. .. .. .. 1


List of Members .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3


Rules of the Avicultural Society .. .. .. .. .. 16


The Society's Medal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20


Jays (with coloured plate), by Hubert D. Astley .. .. .-.21


Report of Council Meeting .. .. .. .. . .* .. 23


The Brown-necked Parrot, by Dr. E. Hopkinson .. .. ..24


Breeding of the Yellow-breasted Grosbeak (Pheuticus chrysogaster), Nandy


Conures, and Guttural Finch, by E. J. Brook .. .. ..28


Breeding of the Little Bustard in 1915 ( Illustrated ), by W. H. St. Qcintin .. 30


The Collection of Birds owned by Monsieur Jean Delacour at Villers-Breton-


neaux, translated by the Editor and Dr. Butler .. .. ..34


Prohibition of Importation of Birds .. .. .. .. .. 42



Correspondence : — A beetle (?) for breeding as food ; Nesting of glossy ibis;


The hearing of pheasants; A trio of lutinos; White wagtails nesting

in Herefordshire .. .. .. .. .. 42-44



Third Series.


Vol. VIII. No. 1.



The Price of this

Number is 2 / 6 .



NOVEMBER,

— 1916. —



