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THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.





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The Varied Lorikeet (with coloured plate i, by Rkginai.d Phili.ipps... 287


A Half-day’s Bird-nesting with the Camera (with plate),


by G. S. Chask 292


The Lesser Rock-Sparrow, by A. G. Builer, Ph D. ... ... 294


A Fine Collection of Parrakeets ... ... ... .. 298


Correspondence, Notks, etc.—


Birds observed near Poolewe, N.B., during April, 1903:


Identification of Bird : Lovebirds, etc., for Cold Greenhouse :


Hybrid Singing-finch : African Sparrows : Feather plucking, and

eating : The Sparrowhawk and Long-horned Owl : Cardinal ill:


The Sex of Pekin Nightingales ... ... ... ... .. 302


Annual Meeting of the Council ... ... ... ... ... 312


Amended Rules of the Avicultural Society ... ... ... ... 313


Post-mortem Examinations ... ... ... ... ... ... 316



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