NEW SERIES, MONTHLY. SEPTEMBER, 1905.


voi. hi. No 11 . Price I s 6 d '



THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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The Golden-throated Barbet, by Rkginald Phillipps


(with coloured plate and text illustration)

On the Breeding- in Captivity of the Red-backed Shrike, (2 nd notice)

by Dr. Albert Gunther, Hon. Mem. Avic, Soc.


The Breeding of Song-Sparrows, by D. Seth-Smith .


A Parrakeet Hybrid, by W. R. Fasky .


Review —“The Birds of Africa ” .


Zosterops going to Nest in Captivity, by Miss Emily E. West



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Correspondence, Notes, etc.—


Food for Mynah, 339 ; Shamas deserting their young, 339 ;

Prolific Silver Pheasants and Californian Quails, 340 ; Breeding

Pileated Finches, 341 ; Thrush nesting in confinement, 341 ;


Hybrid Conures, 341 ; Musky Lorikeets, 341 ; “ Consumption

in birds,” 344 ; Breeding Francolins, 345 ; Silver Pheasants for

Aviary, 345 ; Crimson-winged Parrakeets, 346 ; Breeding Spice-

finches, 346; Hey’s Rock - Partridge, 346; Breeding White-

throated Finch, 347 ; Mr. Finn and Chinese Aviculture, 347 ;


The decreased prices of birds, 348.


Officers for the year 1905-6. 349


Post-mortem Examinations. . . 350



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