iv. Report of the Council.


REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR


1906-7.


In presenting the fifth complete volume of the New Series

— the thirteenth annual volume of the Avicultural Magazine —

the Council believes that it will be found quite up to, if not above,

the average of the past volumes in interest. Six coloured, nine-

teen uncoloured plates, and some text illustrations have been

published, and many very valuable articles have appeared.


Our members have given us a list, of quite a respectable

length, of birds which they have bred, it is believed for the first

time in the United Kingdom. Accounts of the successful nest-

ing of the following species have appeared: Mrs. Johnstone,

Fraser's or the Great-billed Touracou (Turacus viacrorhynchus)

and the Lorikeet (Trichoglossus johnstonics) which was named

after her; Mr. W. H. St. Quintin, the Pine Grosbeak (Pyrrhula

emicleator 7 ) ; Mr. J. H. Gurney, the Jackal Buzzard (Buteo jackal) ;

Mr. F. J. Brook, the White-eared Conure- (Pyrrtoira leucotis) ;

Mr. W. E. Teschemaker, the Yellow-rumped Finch (Mu?iia

flaviprymna}, and the Yellow-rumped or Black-throated Serin

{Serinus a?igole?isis) ; and Mr. W. R. Fasey, the Adelaide Parrakeet

(Platycercus adelaidensis).


Through the enterprise of two of our members — Mrs.

Johnstone and Sir William Ingram, — and the energy of their

collectors, Messrs. Goodfellow and Pratt, the year 1907 has been

marked by the arrival of quite a remarkable collection of living

Birds-of-Paradise (pages 242 and 324).


The experiment organized by members of the Avicultural

Society, of liberating certain species of foreign Doves in Regent's

Park, accounts of which, are published in this volume, appears,

so far, to have been a success ; two species, namely, Ocyphaps

lophotes and Tiirtur senegalensis , are known to have reared young,

the former freely. It would seem to be desirable, from time to

time, to liberate additional specimens of these harmless and

beautiful birds, in order to keep up the stock.


The membership of the Society remains about the same as



