“OURSELVES ALONE”:

SECOND ALL=BRITISH NUMBER.



AVICULTURAL

MAGAZIN E.



CONTENTS- page



CONTENTS. page


A Good Start .. .. .. ... • • • • • • 1


The Fulmar Petrel, by Surgeon-Commander K. H. Jones, M.B., R.N. .. 2


Summer Birds at Roehampton, by Allen Silver .. .. .. 4


More about Bitterns and Spoonbills, by J. H. Gurney .. .. .. 5


My Bullfinch, by Miss D. Hussey Freke .. .. .. .. 8


Hampshire Birds, by J. Weir .. .. .. .. •• ..8


The Value of Bird Life, by James J. Cash .. .. . v .. 10


Two Interesting Hybrids, by Allen Silver .. .. .. ..12


The Food of the Cuckoo—(1) by J. Weir ; (2) by J. H. Gurney .. .. 14


Hand-reared r. Wild-caught Birds, by Allen Silver .. • • .. 15


Hybrid Wigeon (illustrated), by W- Shore-Baily. . .. .. ..15


Colour-fed Blackbirds .. .. .. .. •• ..16


Avian Inquests : Report of the Society's Pathologist .. .. 17


The Society's Prize in Literature .. .. .. * • .. IS


Review : ‘ The Pigeons of Paris ’ .. .. .. . • 10


Beech-nuts as Bird Food .. .. .. .. .. 10


Let Us Remember .. .. .. .. .. ..20


Officers for the Year 1018-19, List of Members, etc.


Third Series. The Price of this NOVEMBER.


Vol. X. No. 1. Number is 3/6 — 1918. —



THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION OF £i (ONE POUND)

IS NOW DUE. THE COUNCIL THANKS ALL WHO

HAVE ALREADY HALVED ITS LABOURS BY PROMPT

REMITTANCE DIRECT TO THE HON. TREASURER


(See ]). 2 of cover).



