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Ruth Sawyer (nee Ezra) - June 13th 1919-August 21st 2007

by Christopher Marler.97


Ruth Muriel Sawyer


President, The Avicultural Society - 1986-2007.98


Ruth Muriel Sawyer (nee Ezra) - A Eulogy


by Christopher Jeffreys (Lord Jeffreys).99


Farewell


by Sylvia Hall.101


End of an era.102


Husbandry guidelines for hand-rearing


the Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens


by Michelle Stevens.104


Breeding Layard’s Black-headed Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus nigriceps


by Graham Thurlow.119


Notes on a trip to Sri Lanka


by Colin Scott.122


The Mistle Thrush’s feet, an overlooked adaptation


by Derek Goodwin.130


Hornbills in Thailand - 2006.132


Book Reviews


The Meinertzhagen Mystery:


The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud.134


Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World.136


The Foreign Bird Federation Register of Birds Bred in the UK

under Controlled Conditions for the Years 2002-2005.138


News & Views.140



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