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AvicuUural Magazine. 



[Avicultural Magazine. Third series. Vol. vi., Nov. 1914-Oct. 1915.] 



So many of our members are also members of tlie 

 Avicultural Society that it is hardly necessary to do more 

 than to call attention to the continued excellence and 

 interest of the magazine. 



The present volume contains coloured plates of the Brown 

 Thrasher {Harporhynchus rufus) and the Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak {Hedymeles ludovicianus) , both by Bruce Horsfall, 

 an American artist, and also of Pyrrhula erythrocephala, 

 of the Mikado Pheasant, and the Ruddy-headed Goose. 



Descriptions of the breeding-habits in captivity of the 

 following species are recorded : — Charmosynopsis pulchella 

 by 1']. J. Brook ; Geocichla citrina, Turdus migraturius, and 

 Urocissa occipitalis by Dr. M. Amsler ; Liothrix luteus by 

 G. E. Low ; Conurus cactorwn, Panurus biarmicus, and. 

 Zo.fterops viridis by Dr. Lovell Keays ; Colius striatus by 

 G. H. Gurney ; and Glaacidium jardinei by Miss Chawner. 

 In the case of the two last-named the medal of the Society 

 was awarded. 



One of the recent triumphs of aviculture is the successful 

 introduction and keeping of Humming-birds in Europe. 

 An anonymous French correspondent gives some account 

 of his journey to the West Indies in search of these birds. 

 He was able to bring back with him alive three species — 

 Eulampis jugularis, E. holosericeus, and Bellone exilis. One 

 bird of the first-named species and an example of the Cuban 

 Sporadinus recordi have been in the possession of Mr. D. 

 Ezra for now over a year, and appear to flourish in a room 

 in Mount Street, Grosvenor Square ! 



Dr. Hopkinson continues through the volume his Dic- 

 tionary of the English names of Parrots ; and Mr, Astley, 

 the genial editor, to whom we must off'er our congratulations 

 on completing another volume, communicates a most inter- 

 esting observation of an incident in the life-history of the 

 Cuckoo. 



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