JANUARY, 1904.



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THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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The Summer or Carolina Duck (<with coloured plate)


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


Some Field Notes in South Africa, by Capt B. Horsbrugh


More attempts to breed the Tambourine Dove, by A. G. Butler, Ph.D.


Foreign Birds at the December Show at the Crystal Palace...


The Martineta Tinamou breeding in Captivity ; Polyandry in Birds

Bird Notes from the Zoological Gardens,


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

Ring-necked Parrakeets at large in Hampshire


Correspondence, Notes, etc.—


Aviaries belonging to Lady Dunleath, 113 ; Sponge-cake for

Insectivorous birds, 114 : Hybrid—Nutmeg-finch x Silverbill, 115 :

What Tanager 116 : Rearing young Saffron- and Ribbon-

finches, 116 : The Grey-winged Ouzel ; Covering singing birds;

The Calcutta Zoo, 116 : The Southern Migration of Waxwings,

117 : African Fire-finches breeding in outdoor aviary, 118 : The

Nile Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, 118 : The Influence of Diet on the

Avian Death-rate, 119 : The Council of the Society, 119.

Post-mortem Examinations



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