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THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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Report of the Council for the Year 1908-9

Alphabetical List of Contributors...


List of Plates

Illustrations in Text ...


kevaillant's Barbet, by Major B. R. Horsbrugh.


Breeding; of the Blue-breasted Waxbill hy Reginald Phili.ipps

The Breeding- of White-crested Touracos, by Hubrrt D. Astley

Stray Notes 011 Indian Birds, by Frank Finn

Nesting of the Blue-winged Grass Parrakeet, by W. A. Fasey


Aviculture at the Zoo, by Frank Finn.


Colour of Redpolls in Confinement, by H. Wokmald .


Nesting of Jerdon’s Accentor, by W. E. Tkschkmaker, B.A....


A Notable Importation, by Frank Finn .


Correspondence, Notes, etc.:


Our Illustrations, 363 ; A remarkable Family of Blackbirds, 363 j Breeding

of Pileated Parrakeets, 364 ; Albinistic Variations in the Melba

Waxbill (Pytelia melba ) and Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia castanotis) 364



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