Report of the Council.



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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR


i 9° 5-6.


Once more we have come to the close of our avicultural

year, and, as we survey the pile of monthly numbers of the

Magazine, we feel satisfied that a volume has been produced that

our members may be proud of. The Magazine has kept well up

to its high standard of quality, and many very valuable articles,

calculated to increase our knowledge of the life-habits of birds,

have been published.


Although the Balance Sheet for the year will not be ready

for some weeks, we believe that, when it appears, it will show our

financial position to be a very satisfactory one.


In the volume now completed is recorded, the successful

breeding of the following species for the first time in the United

Kingdom : Forsteir’s Lorikeet [Trichoglossus forsteni), the Pileated

Finch (Coryphospinguspileatus), the Regent Bower-bird ( Sericulus

melinus ), the Pectoral Finch (Munia pecloralis), the Green Avada-

vat ( Stictospiza formosa ), Boutke’s Parrakeet (. Neophema bourkei),

the Australian Green-winged Pigeon ( Chalcophaps chrysochlora),

the Tambourine Dove ( Tympanistria tympanistria ), the Black

Tanager ( Tachyphonus melaleucus) , the Great-billed Andaman

Parrakeet (. Palceornis magnirostris ), the Yellowish Finch (Sycalis

arvensis ), and the Harlequin and Australian Quails ( Coturnix

delegorgtiei and C. pecloralis.)


Six coloured plates, one figuring a species ( Trichoglossus

johnstonics) named after one of our members and almost new to

science; a number of uncoloured plates, and numerous text

illustrations have been published.


The membership of our Society increases in a satisfactory

manner but we are not quite satisfied with our numbers, as we

feel sure there are a great many who would be very glad to join



