NEW SERIES.



MONTHLY



DECEMBER, 1903.



Vol. II. No 2



Price i s 6 d -



THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



CONTENTS.^--



The White-throated Thickhead (with coloured plate ...


The Smaller Red-headed Cardinals, by A. G. Bctlrr, Ph.D.


Breeding of the Rock Pebbler Parrakeet, by Mrs. Johnstone


Rare Foreign Birds at the Crystal Palace


Bird Notes from the Zoological Gardens,


by Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.S


A Naturalist's Ramble in Algeria, by W. H. Workman, M B.O.U.


Rkvikw—“ Parrakeets ”


Correspondence, Notes, etc.—


The administration of medicines to birds, 78 : The influence

of diet on the avian death-rate, 79 : Homing instinct in

Pennant’s Parrakeet, 81 : Yellow Budgerigars, 82 : Breeding

results, 82 : Marking rings for Parrakeets, etc., 83 : Doves

eating worms, etc., 83 : Hen Shama, the Great Racket-tailed

Drongo, 84 : The Zoological Gardens, 86.


The Council


Post-mortem. Examinations



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