new series.

Vol. VII. No 2



DECEMBER, 1908



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■CONTENTS. O-



Notes oil Rock Ptarmigan, Harlequin Duck, etc., with plate,


by C. Barnby Smith


Prince Rudolph’s Bird of Paradise, by Sir William Ingham, Bart.

Rambles among- the Wild Birds, No. V.,


by the Rev. P. I,. Blathwayt, M.B.O.U.


A Novice's Aviaries, with photographs, by W. R. Tkmpi.k

Notes on My Visit to Australia,


bv David Ski h-Smith, P.Z.S., M.B.O.U.



Notices of Nkw Books, etc. :


Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary . 7 8


Bird Migration ... ... ... ... ... ••• 79


Haagner on South African Birds of Prey . 79


The Emu . . . 80


CORKE-SPONDBNCK !


Destruction of Bird I.ife at lighthouses, 8i; “ The Breeding Habits

of Heck’s Curassow,” 8i; An Escaped Rifle Bird, 82.


Post mortem Examinations. A . 82



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