NOTE.—A new volume commences every November.



All Subscriptions


should be sent to the Publishers,


Messrs. WEST, NEWMAIN &, Co.. 54-, Hatton Garden, E.C


AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



Persons wishing to join the Avicur.TURAr, Society are requested to

communicate with either of the Hon. Secretaries or the Editor.


NOTICKS TO MKMBKRS.


l'lie Subscription to the Avicultural Society is 10 - ner annum, due on

tlie 1st of November in-each year, and is payable in advance. The emrance

fee is 10/6. The Avicultural Magazine is sent free to members monthlv.

Members-joining at any time during the year are entitled to the back

numbers for the current year, on the payment of entrance fee and

subscription.


All MSS. for publication in the Magazine , Books for Review, and Private

Advertisements should be addressed to the Editor, Mr. J. LEWIS BonhoTE ;

Gadespring I,edge, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.


All Queries respecting -Birds-, (except po\t mortem cases) should be

addressed to the Honorary Correspondence Secretary, Dr. A. G. BuTr.KR,

124. Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent.


All other correspondence, should be sent to the Honorary Business

Secretary, Mr. R. I. Pocock ; Zoological.Society’s Gardens, Regent’s Park,

Loudon, N W. Any change of address should at once be notified to him,


Advice is given, by post, by members of the Council to members of

the .Society, upon all subjects connected with Foreign and British birds.

All queries are to lie addressed to the Hon. Correspondence Secretary

and should contain a penny stamp. Those marked “ Private ” will not

he published.


The Magazine is published bv Messrs West, Newman &. Co.. (54,

Hatton Garden. E.C.) to whom all SUBSCRIPTIONS, orders for extra copieSj

back numbers, and bound volumes (accompanied by remittance) should be

add 1essed.


Cases for binding the Magazine (in art cloth, with gold block on side,

can be obtained from the Publishers, post free and c-arefully packed, at 16

each ; or the Publishers will undertake the binding of the Volume for 2/6,

plus8d. for packing and postage. Members are requested to state whether

they want the wrappers and advertisements bound in at the end or not.


BOUND COPIES OE the “AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE.”


The following can be obtained from the Publishers at the prices given

below. Postage 6d. per volume extra :


Vol. II., 61 - to members; 8 6 to the public. Vols. V. to VII., 10/6 each to

members; 12 6 each to the public. Vol, VIII., 14/- to members; 17/6 to


the public.


New Series — Vols, I. to IV., (sets only) ^4 net to members; £5 to the public.


,, Vols. II. to VII., 16/- each to members; 21/- to the public.


Third Series — Vol. I. and II., 16/- ,, ,, 21/- ,, „


Cut rent Monthly Numbers 1/3 each (except in special cases, such as the

Number containing the List of Members, Index, etc., when the Com¬

mittee may increase the price), by post 1 / 4 ; for back Numbers a higher

price is charged according to circumstances.


Vols. L, III, & IV., are out of print. Second-hand copies sometimes

reach the Publishers, to whom application should be made.



