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•Hawks and Gulls ... ... ... 38


*“ Homing- ” Birds ... ... ... 99


*Iceland Auks ... ... ... ... 78


‘Insectivorous Birds, Food for ... 17, 18


Insectivorous Birds and Parrakeets at

the Crystal Palace, by R. Phillipps... 53

Idyll. An Aviary, by C. S. Simpson ... 109


*“ Indian ” Millet and “ Spray ” Millet 120

Introduction ... ... ... ... 1


King-fisher, by C. P. Arthur ... ... 65


“ Life at the Zoo ” ... ... ... 105


List of Members ... ... ... 20


Lory, The Purple-capped, by C. S.

Simpson ... ... ... ... 69


Many - coloured Parrakeet, by C. S.

Simpson ... ... ... ... 25


‘Maximilian’s Parrot ... ... ... 128


Members, List of ... ... ... 20


Migration of Birds, The, by S. Perkins 34

Migrations of British Birds more or

less suitable for Cage-culture, by

A. G. Butler, Ph.D. ... ... 62


Migratorj' Instinct, The, by R. Phillipps 71

‘Migratory Instinct ... ... ... 86


“ Mules,” Dr. Bradburn’s Lecture on ... 42


My Aviaries, by Norman H. Jones ... 61


My Aviary, by j. Serg'eant ... ... 122


My Bird-room, bv H. T. T. Camps,


F.Z.S.23


My Bird-room, by R. Phillipps ... 8


My Birds, by Henry J. Fulljames ... 93


My Outdoor Aviaries, byj. Cooper ... 41


My Small Foreign Birds, by H. R.


Fillmer ... ... ... ... 72


Nesting of the Black-tailed Hawfinch,

by H. R. Fillmer ... ... ... 104


Nesting of the Cuba Finch, by C. S.


Simpson ... ... ... ... n


‘Nesting of the Orange Weaver ... 39


New Books:


“Foreign Finches in Captivity,”


Part I. ... ... ... ... 14


“ Pen and Pencil Sketches” ... 45


“ Foreign Finches in Captivity,”


Part II. ... ... ... 58


“ Hard-billed British Birds ” ... 59


“ Foreign Finches in Captivity,”


Part III. ... ... .. 76


■‘The Royal Natural History,”


Parts 16. 17, & 18 ... ... 84


“ Foreign Finches in Captivity,”


Part IV. ... ... ... 98


“Nottingham Arboretum Aviary” 98


“ Life at the Zoo ” ... ... ... 105


“ British Birds ” ... ... ... 126


New Departure in Bazaars, A ... ... 43


New Rules ... ... ... ... 88


“ Nottingham Arboretum Aviary ” ... 98


Officers of Avicultural Society ... 1


*Oil Stoves v. Gas Stoves ... ... 80


‘Orange Weaver, Nesting of the ... 39


On Aviculture in Aviaries, by A. G.


Butler, Ph.D., F.L.S., &c. ... ... 4


Our Bird-rooms and Aviaries:


I. My Bird-room, by R. Phillipps 8


II. My Bird - room, by H. T. T.


Camps, F.Z.S. ... ... 23


III. A Bird-room for Finches, by


H. R. Fillmer ... ... 30


IV. My Out-door Aviaries, by James


Cooper ... ... ... 41



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Our Bird-rooms and Aviaries — continued.


V. My Aviaries_ by Norman H.


Jones ' ... ... ... 61


VI. My Aviary, by John Sergeant 122

Our Birds:


I. My Small Foreign Birds, by


H. R. Fillmer ... ... 72


II. A Talking Starling, by John


Frostick ... ... ... 82


III. Mj r Birds, by H. J. Fulljames .. 93


IV. Barraband’s Parrakeets, by


O. E. Cresswell ... ... 101


V. An Aviary Idyll, by C. S.


Simpson ... ... ... 109


Our Programme ... ... ... 3


Our Winter Visitors, by W. Swaysland 13

Outdoor Aviaries, My, by James Cooper 41

Out-door Aviary, Suggestions for an,


by J. Sergeant ... ... ... 21


Owls as Pets, by Dr. G. C. Williamson,

F.R.S.L. ... ... ••• ■■■ 94


‘Parrakeets and Paint ... ... 108, 119


Parrakeets at the Crystal Palace ... 53


Parrots, (Short-tailed) at the Crystal

Palace ... ... ... ... 55


‘Parrots, Breeding ... ... ... 99


‘Parrots, Sex of ... ... ... 27


Parrot Finch, by H. R. Fillmer ... 13


“ Pen and Pencil Sketches,” by Henry

Stacey Marks, R.A.... ... ... 45


‘Pied Blackbird ... ... ... 67


‘Polvtelis Genus of Parrakeets... ... 120


Purple-capped Lory, by C. S. Simpson 69


*Rare Birds .. ... ... ... 79


Rare Finches, Some, by F. Moerschell 89

Rare Foreign Birds;


I. The Black-tailed Hawfinch,


by H. R Fillmer.. ... 12


II. The Parrot Finch, by H. R.


Fillmer ... ... ... 13


III. The Many-coloured Parrakeet,


by C. S. Simpson ... ... 25


IV. The Chinese Blue Pie, by


R. Phillipps ... ... 32


V. The Violet Tanager, by V.


Castellan .. ... ... 56


VI. The Purple - capped Lory, by


C. S. Simpson ... ... 69


VII. Some Rare Finches, by F.


Moerschell ... ... 89


VIII. The Teydean Chaffinch, by


E. G. B. Meade-Waldo ... 103


‘Rare Visitors ... ... ... 59, 68


Recent Bird Shows, by R. Phillipps 26, 36


Report of the Council... ... ... T21


Reproduction of Birds, The ... .. 97


‘Reproduction of Birds ... ... 106


Robin, The, by Thomas Marshall ... 74


“ Royal Natural History, The ” .. 84


‘Rufous-tailed Grassfinch ... ... 86


Rules of the Avicultural Society 19, 88


Secretary, Note by the ... ... 21


‘Sex of Parrots... .. ... ... 27


Short - tailed Parrots at the Crystal


Palace, by C. S. Simpson ... ... 55


Show Question, The ... ... ... 3


‘Show Question, The ... ... 17, 28


Some Rare Finches, by F. Moerschell 89

‘Song of Hand-reared Birds ... 76, 85


Spotted Fly - catcher, by J. Lewis


Bonhote ... ... ... ... 57


‘“Spray” Millet and “Indian” Millet 120

Starling, A Talking, by John Frostick 82



