NEW SERIES.

Vol. V. No 6



MONT HLY.


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APRIL , 1907;



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THE JOURNAL OF THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY



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CONTENTS./^*



The Shama {with coloured plate\,


by the Rev. Hubert D. Astley, M.A.

Tlie Moorhens and Coots of India, by Gordon DAi.Gr.rRSH


The Huff Laughing Kingfisher (with plate) ... -.


Chequers and Bars in Pig-eons and the Direction of Evolution,


by Professor C. O. Whitman

The Origin of the Kengalese, by Captain G. A. Pkrkkau


Rkvikws: "The Eggs of European Birds" _


"The Early Life of Loon Chicks"


" The Importance of Aviculture " '


"Birds of the Country Side"


Correspondknck : I )ove Acclimatization, 190; Jackal Buzzards,


190: "Notes on the Indian Podicipidse, 191; Chestnut-breasted


Finches, 191; Gonldian Finches, 191 : A Savage Pheasant, 192;


Colour - change in feathers, 192; Hoopoes in captivity, 193:


Ruthiess importation of Foreign birds, 1.93.


Post >nortem F'xaminations ...



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