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TKE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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CONTENTS.



Officers for the year 1903-1904.


List of Members


Rules of the Avicultural Society


The Society’s Medal


The Rufous-bellied Niltava ( with coloured plate )


by Russfll Humphkys


Nesting of the Waxwing in Confinement,


by W. H. St. Qointin, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.

The Lesser Bird of Paradise, by Graham Rknshaw, M.B ...


Nesting of the White-fronted or Violet Dove ( continued )


by Miss R. Alderson


Rambles among the Wild Birds (No. III.)


by the Rev. F. L. Blathwayt, M.B.O.U.

The Silver-eared Mesia ( continued ) by Reginald Phili.ipps

Reviews —“The Story of a Bird Lover”


“The Birds of South Africa “


Correspondence, Notes, etc.— /cd


The influence of diet on the Avian death-rate, 49 / c 3

Aztec Conures, 51 : The worries of aviaries, 52 : Reari

Cardinals, 53 : Treatment of Ihdian Oriole, 54 : The

55, : Aurora Finches nesting, 56 : Pectoral Rails, 56 : ’


Birds, 57.


The Executive Committee

The Society’s Medal

Election of the Council, 1903 ...


Post-mortem Examinations



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