THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY


FOUNDED 1894



NOTICE TO MEMBERS


The Subscription to the Avicultural Society is £1 per annum, due on the

1st of January in each year, and is payable in advance. The entrance fee is 10/-.

The Avicultural Magazine is sent free to members monthly. Members joining at

any time during the year are entitled to the back numbers for the current year, on

the payment of entrance fee and subscription.


I ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE HONORARY SECRETARY I

AND TREASURER, Miss Knobel, 86 Regent’s Park Road, London, N.W. 1. |


All Queries respecting Birds (except post-mortem cases) and all other

correspondence should be sent to the Hon. Secretary at the above address.


Any change of address should be notified to her.



CONTENTS


PAGE



King George V ........... 33


The White-eared Grassfinch {with coloured plate), by D. Seth-Smith . . 35


Collecting Waterfowl in Madagascar {with plate), by C. S. Webb ... 36


Must Pheasants Roost ? By Y. Malisoux ...... 40


Humming Birds in the Zoological Garden of Berlin {with plate), by Dr. Georg


Steinbacher .......... 48


The Breeding of Jamieson Firefinches, by F. Johnson . . . .50


A Sorrowful Experience, by Capt. E. H. Barclay ..... 52


A West Indian Diary, by S. Porter ....... 53


Ornamental Pheasant Society Notes ....... 60


Reviews :—


Faraone e Tacchini (Guinea Fowl and Turkeys) ..... 61


Birds of Cape York Peninsula . . . . . . . .61


Correspondence, Notes, etc. ......... 62



All communications intended for publication in the Magazine

should be addressed to the Editor:—


Miss E. F. Chawner,


The White House,


Leckford,


Stockbridge,


Hants.



