AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING:

AN AVICULTURAL NUMBER IN THE

OLD STYLE.



AVICULTURAL


MAGAZINE.



CONTENTS . PAGE


Herons, by Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.S. .. .. .. .. ..85


The Cologne Zoological Gardens after the Armistice, by Lieut. Delacour .. 86


Birds of Paradise, by An Old Australian Bird-Lover .. .. .. 88


The Himalayan Siskin (Chryxomitris spinoides), by W. Shore Baily .. 92


Aviculture at the Manchester Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, by Graham

Renshaw, M.D., F.R.S.E. .. .. .. .. ..93


Foreign Finches and Waxbills, by R. N. Gibbard .. .. .. 96


Finch Hybrids, by Allen Silver .. .. .. .. .. 98


The Twelve Swiftest Birds of Australia (Concluded), by E. S. Sorenson .. 99


Bird and Nature Notes in Russia, by Charles J. Renshaw, M.D. .. .. 100



Third Series. The Price of this MARCH,


Vol. X. No. 5. Number is 2/0. — 1919. —


CONTRIBUTORS WILLING TO DEFRAY THE COST OF

ILLUSTRATING THEIR PAPERS SHOULD INFORM

THE EDITOR WHEN SUBMITTING SAME.


MY SPRING RESOLVE (see p. 3 of cover).



