JANUARY, 1905.



NEW SERIES. MONTHLY.


Voi. m. No 3 . Price i s 6 d -



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THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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PA UK



The White-fronted Ground-Dove [with colouredJ>late) ... ... 87


Nesting of the Orange Bishop, by Reginald Phillipps ... ... 89


With the Breeding Birds on Lough Neagh,


by W. H. Workman, M.B.OU. 94


The yellowish Finch, by A. G. Butler, Ph.D., etc. ... ... 97


Variations in Gold and Silver Pheasants,


by Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 102


The Breeding of the “ Ruficauda,” by the Rev. C. D. Farrar ... 106


The New York Zoological Park ... ... ... ... no


Tame Swallows ... ... ... ... 116



Correspondence, Notes, etc.—


Importing Australian birds, 114 ; An old bird-friend, 115 ;


Change of habits in birds under new conditions, 115 ; Java

Sparrow pairing with Goldfinch, 116; Paddy rice for finches,


117 ; An aged Napoleon Weaver, 117 ; The young of the

Touracous, 117.


The Society’s Medal ... ... ... ... ••• 118



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