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FOURTH SERIES

VOL. XI. No. 10.



OCTOBER

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THE



Avicultural Magazine



CONTENTS


PAGE



Notes on New Zealand Birds


(with plate ), by Sydney Porter



Breeding Notes for 1933 , by the

Marquess oe Tavistock


Breeding the Blue Eared-pheasant

in Confinement, by Hans

Stepani


“Little Joan,” a Baby Sparrow,

by Hamish Nicol .



Obituary — Viscount Grey

Falloden (with plate)



of



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379



388



390



393



Correspondence, Notes, etc. : The

Blue Eared-pheasant; More

New Sunbirds; Additions to

Breeding Records—Some Cor¬

rections ; Hybrid Barnards X

Red-rumped Parrakeet; Avi

culture in New Zealand ; Cor

morant Killing Young Ducks

Friendly Sheld-ducklings

New Varieties of Budgerigars

Honey as Food for Birds ; The

Return of the Grass Parrakeets ;

Pheasants’ Eggs Hatching after

Voyage to Australia; Advice

on the Rearing of Pheasants. .



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The Price of this Number is 12/6.



