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THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.



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Some Notes on the Painted Quails {with plate ) ... ... ... 311


Notes on some Birds of the White Nile, by Mrs. Charrington ... 315


Characters in Birds’ Wings, by Dr. A. G. Butler ... ... 319


The Rearing of the Sandpiper, by the Rev. C. D. Farrar ... 321


Gray's Bare-throated Francolin, by f,. M. Seth-Smith, B. A., M.B.O.U. 325

Bird Notes from the Zoological Gardens ... ... ... 327


Weka Rails Breeding in Captivity ... ... ... ... 329



Correspondence, Notes, etc.—


Melanism in Gouldian Finches, 331 ; The I,aughing - Owl of

New Zealand, 331 ; Singing-finches Breeding, 332 : The Diamond

Dove, 332 ; The Indian Green-wing Dove, 333 : Whooper Swans

nesting in captivity, 333.



Officers for the year 1904-5

The Illustration Fund

Post-mortem Examinations



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