NEW SERIES. MONTHLY. JULY, 1907.


Vol. v. No. 9 Price I s 6 d


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The Kagu {with two plates)


On the Nesting of the Avocets in the Zoological Gardens,


('uith tzuo illustrations) by R. I. PoCOCK, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U

Eccentricities of Bird Importation, by A. G. Butler, Ph.D. etc.


A Mixed Brood, by W. H. St. Quintin, F.Z.S. r M.B.O.U.


Polyandry iu the Rhea, by the Rev. Hubert D. Astley, M.A. etc. ..

Japanese Robins at large, by the Rev. Hubert D. Astley, M.A. etc

Note on the^eak of a Nestling, by W. P. Pycraft, A L.S. etc.


The late Professor Newton, K.R.S.


The Nightjar, by Gordon Dalgmksh


Fresh Air for Cage-Birds, by the Rev. Hubert D Astley, M.A. etc

The Crested Pigeon at large, by Sir William Ingram, Bart. ...


Reviews: " British Birds"


"The Birds of Rutland "


Correspondence: Hoopoes in Captivity, 280; Polygamous and

Monogamous birds, 282.


Post mortem Examinations


Balance Sheet for the Year ending October 1906— Inset.



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