CONTENTS. 
Birds Seen During a Trip to the West /n<2iM...Bx S. J. Bbook, F.Z.S. 
Parrot Finches By Whslbt T. Paob, PJZ.S., Etc. 
Pin-tailed Parrot-Finch Bt W.. A. Bainbbiook. 
A Journey Across the Sierras, S. California ... Bt W.. Shobk-Bailt, 
The First Year of a Sussex Aviary ... Bt E. B. and N. S. Lucas. 
Birds of the Jhelum District and an Ornithological Diary from the 
Punjab Bt H. Whistleb, I.P., M.B.O.D. 
COEBESPONDBNCB. — Tri-colourcd Parrot-Finch ; Hybrids ; Hybrid Bui- 
buls ; An Extraordinary Accident ; Accidents to Wild Birds . 
Editobial.— L.C.jB.4. Show; Report. 
Book Notices and Ebviews. — Bird Life ; Birds of tht Indian Hills. 
Indices to Volume. 
Post Mortem Reports, 
The conditioDB upon which these will be madft by Mr. HY. 
GRAY, M.R.C.V.S., 23, Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, London, 
W., ar» as follows: — 
(1) The birds must be sent immediately after death. 
(2) They must be packed in a box. 
(3) The Letter accompanying them must not be placed in the 
box along with the bird. 
(N.B. — ^Unless the above conditions are complied with the pack- 
ages will be destroyed without examination). 
(4) The letter must detail as far as possible all particular! 
as to — < 
(a) Date of death. 
(6) Length of illness. 
(c) Symptoms of illness. 
(d) Lodgment and feeding of birds, and 
(e) Especially as to whether egg food or inga seed has been 
given. 
(5) The work will be done gratuitously, and a report pub- 
lished in Bird Notes, but under no circumstances whatever will a report 
be sent by post unless a fee of 2s. 6d. accompanies the letter and 
bird. Pressure of work compels Mr. Gray to make this an invariable 
rule, and it applies to all Members, whether they are personally ac- 
quainted with him or not. 
