Index to Subjects— continued .



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Doug-tailed Grassfinch ... 125, 185


•Dong-tailed Grassfineh and its allies 210

Dong-tailed Tit ... ... ... 27



Macqueen’s Bustard ... ... 35


•Madeiran Aviary, Waxbills in a ... 183


Magpie ... ... ... 142, 207


Mandarin Duck ... ... ... 46


•Mannikin, Hybrid... ... ... 78


Many-coloured Parrakeet ... 13, 26


•Many-coloured Parrakeet in


Captivity, Breeding the ... 198


Masked Finch ... ... 125, 185


•Mealworms. Breeding ... ... 58


Members, Dist of ... ... ... ii


Mexican Siskin ... ... ... 123


Missel-thrush ... ... ... 142


My Aviary and Birds, by the Rev.


Tlios. B. Gibson, A.M.... ... 139



My Aviary and its Inmates, bj r W.


T. Page ... ... ... 156


My Aviaries and their Inmates, by


R. A. Todd ... .. ... 8



My Doves in 1897, by O. E. Cresswell 203

My Kingfishers, by Charles D.


Rothera ... ... ... 137


Mynah ... ... ... ... 159


“Mynahs. Food for ... ... ... 151


Musky Dorikeet ... ... ... 26



National British Bird and Mule Club 14

Natural Foods, A few notes on, by


C. S. Simpson ... ... ... 162


“Nest-boxes for Parrakeets, Dogs and 131

Nesting in Captivity of the Ribbon


Finch, by Coriolanus (S. Perkins) 63

•Newly-caught Bullfinches and


Goldfinches ... ... ... 38


•New Method of Distinguishing Sex 197

Nightingale ... ... 72, 155


Nonpareil ... ... 9, 10, 124, 144


Notes on the Nesting of the Storm

Petrel, by the Rev. Hubert D.

Astley... ... ... ... 41



Officers for the year, 1896-7... ... i


Old Wife’s Tale, An, by the Rev.


J. E. Kelsall ... ... 116


On Sexual distinctions in Finches,


by A. G. Butler, Ph.D. ... 104


•Operations on Birds ... ... 77


Orange-flanked Parrakeet... ... 26


Ornamented Dorikeet, by


C. S. Simpson. ... ... 8r


Ornamented Dorikeet ... ... 26


Ortolan Bunting ... ... ... 124



•Parrakeet Hybrids ...


•Parrakeets, I,ogs and Nest-boxes for

Parrakeets ...


•Parrot Finches

•Parrot Finches, The Sex of

•Parrot Finches, Determining the

Sex of... ... ... 100,


Parrot Finch, Three-coloured

Parrots at the Palace, 1897, by C. S.

Simpson


Parson Finch ... 9, 105, 125, 126,

Pectoral Finch


Pekin Robin ... 25, 144,


Petronia , The Genus

•Pet Troupial

Pheasant, Golden ...


Pheasant, Siamese Fireback


Pheasants


Pied Mannikin


Pigeon, Australian Bronze Wing" ...

Pigeons, Great-crowned

Pigeon. Triangular-spotted

Pileated Finch

Pin-tailed Nonpareil



60


131


115


166


119


183


.126


94


195


125


193

54


36


32


48


46

9


47


48

48


123


194



Pine Grosbeak, by A. G. Butler, Ph.D.

Pipit, Richard’s

Pipit, Tree

Pope

Puffin


Rare Foreign Birds (Third Series)


I. The Garrulous Honey-eater,

by Russell Humphrys

•Rare Foreign Finch

•Raw Meat for Birds

Red-backed Bunting

Red-backed Parrakeet

Red-backed Shrike

Red-collared Whvdah

Red-crested Finch

Red-headed Bunting

Red-headed Finch

Kedrump Parrakeet

Redpoll ...


Redpoll, Mealy

Redpoll. The Desser, by G. C. Swailes

Redstart

Redstart, Black

Report of the Council

Reviews :


“ Domesticated Animals ”


“ British Birds : their Nests and


Eggs ” . 70,


“ Animals at Work and Play ” ...


“ Waxbills, Grassfinches and

Mannikins ”


Rheas


Ribbon Finch ... 9, 145, 157,


Ribbon Finch, The Nesting in Cap¬

tivity of the, by Coriolanus

(S. Perkins)


R °t>! n _.33. 141,


Robin, Blue


Rock Sparrow,The Yellow-throated,

by E. G. B. Meade-Waldo

Rock Sparrows

Rook


•Ruffs ... ... ... ig


Rufous-backed Mannikin 9,


Rufous-tailed Grass-finch 125,


Rules of the Avicultural Society


Saffron Finch, by A. G. Butler, Ph.D.

Saffron P'inch ... ... 9,


•Saffron Finch


Sand Grouse, by E. G. B. Meade-

Waldo ...


Scarlet Rose Finch

Seed-eater, Sulphureous ...


Senegal Parrot

•Senegal Parrot

Serin Finch


Seven-streaked Bunting

•Sex, A new method of distinguishing

•Sex of Parrot Finches

Sexual Distinctions in Finches, On,

by A. G. Butler, Ph.D. ...


Shama ... ... ... 25,


Sharp-tailed Finch

Sharp-tailed Finch, .Scaly-throated

Shrike, Great Grey...


Silverbill


Siskin, by Thomas Marshall

Siskin


Siskin. The Black - headed, by V.

Castellan


•Some Brazilian Birds

Sparrow ... ... ... 75, 142,


Sparrow, Golden

Sparrow, Swainson’s

Sparrow, Tree


Sparrow, The Yellow-throated Rock,

by E. G. B. Meade-Waldo



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194


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