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The Regent Bird, {-with plate] by Reginald Phillipps . 51


Nesting of rhe Pectoral Finch, by Mrs. Howard Williams . 68


The Breeding of the Green Avadavat, by W. E. Teschemaker ... 70


Reviews-“T he Birds and their Story” {-with plate] . 72


“ Canary and Cage-Bird Life ” .74


Correspondence, Notes, etc.—


The decreased prices of birds, Prices of books etc. 75 ; Masked


Grassfinches breeding, 76; Notes on Parrot Finches, 77 ; Aviaries


for Parrakeets, 79; “Consumption in birds,” 80; The Gouldian


and Scarlet-headed Finches, 80: “Notes on the Wild Canary,” 81 ;


A fine example of Ancient Egyptian Art, 81; Our coloured plates,


81; Diamond Doves, 82,


Post mortem Examinations . .82





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