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BEING THE JOURNAL OF


THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY


FOR THE STUDY OF


FOREIGN AND BRITISH BIRDS.



VOL. VIII.-NO. 1



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NOVEMBER, 1901.





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CONTENTS.


Officers for the year 1901-1902 .


List of Members .


Rules of the Avicultural Society .


The Society’s Medal .. .


Post mortem Examinations .



PAUK


... i.

... iii.

x.


... xi.

... xii.



Australian Cranes Nesting in England, ( with plate),


by the Rev. Hubert D Astley, M.A., F.Z.S. 1

Aviculture, by the Rev. C. D. Farrar . 4


Pittas in Captivity, by the Rev. Hubert D. Astley, M.A., F.Z.S. ... 8


Note by the Editor . 9


Bird Notes . 9


Correspondence :—


Nesting of Virginian Cardinals . 11


Linnet in a Decline; Breeding Goldfinches . 12


Breeding Pennants and Bloodwings . 13


Mocking-bird with Cough, etc.... 13



Our Secretary and Treasurer . 14


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