NEW SERIES. MONTHLY. FEBRUARY, 1905.


Voi. 111 . No 4. p r ice i s 6^'



THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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CONTENTS.



Peters’ Spotted P'irefinch ( with coloured plate) ... ...


The Smew, by J. Lewis Bonhote, M.A.


Some Notes on the Psychology of Birds, by C. William Beebe .

The Nesting of the Solitary Ground-Dove, by Miss R. Aldbrson

Rambles with a Camera among our South-Country Birds,



{•with plate), by W. K. Renaui

The Silky Cow-bird, by W. T. Page, F.Z.S,


The Crystal Palace Bird Show

The International Ornithological Congress

The Society’s Medal

: The Birds of Calcutta”


Correspondence, Notes, etc.—


Variations in Gold and Silver Pheasants, 143.


The Food of Parrots, 144.


Post-mortem Examinations ...



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