MY SPRING RESOLVE:


I WILL BUY MYSELF A VALUABLE PRESENT


By purchasing back numbers of tbe Avicultural Magazine.


The following can be supplied unbound : Vol. for 1896 (scarce),

30s. Or?.; 1899-1902 inclusive, £1 per vol.; 1904-1913

inclusive, 16s. per vol.


Fully Illustrated from Photographs and Drawings.


Apply to Miss R. Alderson, I^ark House, Worksop, Notts,

and avail yourself of


A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OF COMPLETING YOUR FILES OF THE

MAGAZINE. BUSTARDS, CRANES, CUCKOOS, EGRETS, HUMMING¬

BIRDS, IBISES, NIGHTJARS, OWLS, PARADISE-BIRDS, TANAGERS

AND TRAGOPANS, ARE DESCRIBED IN THESE VALUABLE

VOLUMES.


Note.— Early application is advised for the above, as half the Society’s

6tock has now been disposed of.



CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION.


Mr. Lacey Rumsey, 23, Rue de Serpa Pinto, Villa Nova de Gaya, Oporto, Portugal.


Proposed ly Mr. Robert Colton.



DEFICIT FUND. £ s. d.


Reginald R. Cory, Esq. .. .. .. ..4150



ILLUSTRATION FUND. •


A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH IS WORTH PAGES OF DESCRIPTION: CON¬

TRIBUTORS WHO DEFRAY THE COST OF ILLUSTRATING

THEIR PAPERS WILL GREATLY STRENGTHEN

THE FUND BY THEIR GENEROSITY.



THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, MANCHESTER,


DESIRE TO PURCHASE, OR TO RECEIVE ON LOAN OR DEPOSIT,


Foreign Birds, of any Size or Species. Also the Smaller British Birds.


Amateurs having spare specimens are invited to write Zoological Manager,

Belle Vue, Manchester.



NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.


1. Correspondents are requested to write on one side of the

paper only. This saves the compositors’ time if the article is

accepted.


2. MSS. should be posted sufficiently stamped. This saves

the Society’s pocket.


3. MSS. should be very clearly, written, and are better if type¬

written. This saves the Editor’s time.


4. MSS. should be folded, not rolled. This.saves the Editor’s


temper. G. R



