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CONTENTS.Oj



Officers for the year 1902-1903.


I.ist of Members

Rules of the Avicultural Society

The Society’s Medal... ... ... ... 13


The Blue Wren {with coloured plate), by Reginald Phillipps ... 15


l f ield Notes on some Bahama Birds, Part II. (with two plates)


by J. P,. Bonhote, M.A. 19

The Kufous-bellied Niltava or Fairy Blue Chat,


by Russell Humphry# 24


The Ringed Plover as an Aviary Bird,


by P. W. Farmborough, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 26

The Sex of the Bengal Pitta ... ... ... ... ... 29


Correspondence : Curious Nesting - place of Budgerigar : The

Golden-shouldered Parrakeet: The bettered Aracari, Orioles, etc. :

Ravens, Crows, Rooks, etc.: Nesting of Spice-birds : British Bird

Notes : Breeding Gouldian Finches, etc. : Young Birds Feeding

Nestlings : Jardine’s Parrot : Wintering Foreign Finches out-of-

doors : The Secretary and the Society’s Medal : Improvements

in the Magazine... ... ... ... ... ... 29


Post Mortem Examinations ... ... ... ... ... 45



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