INDEX TO AUTHORS,



Aldekson, Miss R.


Notes on my Shamah ...



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Fulmer H. R. page


Crystal Palace Show of October,



Ashford. Miss Grace


Breeding' Avadavats ... ... 24


Aviary-bred Avadavats ... 59


Astley, Rev. H. D., F.Z.S.


Breeding Virginian Cardinals ... 5


Doves and Soft-billed Birds at


the Crystal Palace Show ... 19


Swallows in Cages ... ... 22


Notes on the Rock Thrush in


Captivity ... ... 50


Sex of Pennants ... ... 189


Bdtler, A. G., Ph.D., etc.


Impossible Mules ... ... 20


On the Ornamentation of the

Mouth of the young Gouldian

Finch ... ... ... 27


The Madagascar Weaver ... 57


Notes on West African Birds ... 60


The Wild Canary ... ... 75


Sycnlis arvensis ... ... 79


Wells’ Ground Dove ... ... 95


The Blue Sugar-bird ... ... 113


Waxwing and Persian Bulbul ... 119


Blue-bearded Jay ... ... 122


Licensing of Bird-catchers ... 123


Review of “ Captive Song-Birds ” 147


A Yellow-fronted Amazon ... 161


The Spotted Panther-bird ... 180


The Chinese Bulbul ... ... 184



Dried Flies ... ... ... 36


Some Fallacies ... ... 38


The Limits of Legitimate Avi¬

culture ... ... ... 54


The Proposed Licensing of Bird-


catchers... ... ... 80


Foreign Birds (other than Parrots)

at the Crystal Palace Show ... 90


The Licensing of Bird-catchers 109

Ages attained by Birds in


Captivity hi

R esignation of the Secretary .’. 112


Blue Sugar-bird ... ... 120


Protection of Birds ... ... 120


The Magazine ... ... 140


The Orange-winged Amazon ... 183


The Sex of Pennants ... ... 190


Finn, F\, B.A., F.Z.S.


Notes on Seasonal Change of


Plumage 41


Notes on various species of


Grebes 102


Notes and Queries ... ... 192


Tortoises ... ... ... 194


Fuli.james, Henry J.


The “Long-tailed Combasou”.,. 71

The Blue Sugar-bird ;


The Emerald Bird of Paradise ... 138


The Princess of Wales’s Parrakeet 168



Cartmell, I.


Parrot Finches and their Foster-



Parents ... ... 135


Catleugh, W. T.


Dried Flies ... ... ... 77


Grass-seeds for Waxbills ... 99


The Age of Cage-birds ... 167



Cocksedge, E. Le H.


Sex of Pennants ... ... 190


Cresswell, O. E.


The Madagascar Weaver ... 35


Notes on my Doves in 1898 ... 66


Doves, Parrots, and Parrakeets


at the Crystal Palace Show ... 93


Mimicry by Birds in a wild state 116

My Aviaries... ... ... 152


Daly, E. D. H.


Red-headed Finch ... ... 34


Hybrids ... ... ... 39


Dutton, The Hon. & Rev. F. G.


Parrots at the Crystal Palace


Show ... ... ... 13


Parrot Notes—Amazons 44, 83. 128


A Feather-eating Parrot ... 75


Blossom-headed Parrakeet ... 120

The Magazine ... ... 152


Faemborough, Percy W., F.Z.S.


On the Jay as a Cage-bird ... 52


Farrar, The Rev. C. I).


Breeding Virginian Cardinals ... 2


Breeding Operations at


Micklefield in 1898 ... 23


Some Fallacies ... ... 37


The Long-tailed Combasou 39, 72

Bicheno's or Double-bandedFinch 107

Crimson Finch ... ... 112


Catching a Tartar .. ... 136


Nesting of the Dhyal ... ... 145


,, ,, Nonpareil ... 163


,, ,, Pennant ... 176


,, ,, Crimson-wing ... 193



Grace, G. Le C.


Sex of Pennants ... ... 188


Harrison, C.


Mimicry by Birds in a Wild State 137


Hartley, Mrs. E. A. H.


An Invitation ... ... 120


Ages attained by Birds in


Captivity 120



Hawkins, L. W.


Pytelia melba and P. a fra ... 164


Hett, Chas. Louis


A Weasel in the Aviary ... 74


To Amateur Photographers ... 93


Hodgson, Miss C.


Crimson Finches and Rufous -


tailed Finches ... ... 100


Ages attained by Birds in


Captivity... 121


Horsbrugh, Boyd


Birds of Kumasi, West Africa ... 163


Housden, James B.


Rose-coloured Pastors ... 40


Crimson P'inches ... ... 58


Bird Notes ... ... ... 149


Jones, Arthur


The Licensing of Bird-catchers


109, 123, 135


The American Mocking-bird ... 167


Lancaster, Mrs., M, B.


The Sex of Pennants ... ... 190


Mhade-Waldo, E. G. B.


Breeding of the Chinese Painted


Quail ... ... ... 1


The Ages to which Birds attain


in Confinement ... ... 81


The Siberian Jay ... ... 101


Nesting of the Scops Owl ... 139



