APRIL, 1905.



NEW SERIES. MONTHLY.


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



THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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The Archbishop Tanager, ( with coloured filate\


by Arthur G. Botlkr, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc. 179

Notes from an Outdoor Aviary on the Italian Riviera,


by the Rev. Hubert I). Astlky, M.A., M.B.O.U., etc. 184

Rambles Among- the Wild Birds, (No. 4b The Raven,


by the Rev. F. I,. Blathwayt, M.B.O.U. 190

On Breeding Turnix nigricollis in German Bird-rooms,


by Arthur G. Butler, Ph.D. etc. 195

Bourke’s Parrakeets, and other rare Australian birds,


by the Rev. Hubert D. Asti.ey, M.A. etc. 203

’‘The Birds of Africa” ... ... ... ... ... 205


Bird Notes from the Zoological Gardens ... ... ... 206


Correspondence, Notes, etc.—


The forthcoming International Ornithological Congress, 207 ;


Habits of the Bearded Tit, 208 ; Monal Pheasants, 209 ; Bathilda

mficauda , 210 ; Duration of the Period of Incubation, 210 ;


The Rock Grass - Parrakeet, 212 ; Bird preservation in New

Zealand, 213 : Publisher’s Announcement, 213.


Post-mortem Examinations ... ... ... ... ... 214



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