NEW SERIES.

Vol. VI. No. 9



JULY, 1908.



MONTH LY.


Price I s 6 d



THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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The Sarus Crane, [with plait;) by C. Barney Smith ... ... ... 243


The British Rails, by Percy W. Farmborough, F.Z.S. 244


The Weather and our Summer Birds, by P. F. M. Galloway ... 248


The Mountain Chat, by Dr. A. G. Bolter ... . 252


The Nesting: of the Dwarf (Sround Dove, by w E. Tkschemaker 257


Notes on my Birds, by Rosie Ai.pek.son . 261


Notices of New Books, etc. :


British Birds ... . 265


Preliminary Report on an Investigation of the seasonal chauge-s


of Color in Birds ... ... ... ... ... . 266


The World’s Birds . 267


Correspondencei



Best food for a Sulphur-crested Toucan. 268 ; Japanese Robins

at large, 268 : Bullfinch losing Feathers. 268 ; The Zoological

Society’s Australian Collection, 269 ; A Bird’s Vengeance, 269.


Post mortem Examinations. . 270



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