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 1

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


The Chestnut-breasted Finch (with coloured plate), by D. S-S. . . . 203


Full-winged Birds in Parks and Gardens, by J. Delacour .... 204


Successful Rearing of the Blacksmith Plover, by A. Ezra .... 208


Nesting and Successful Rearing of the European Hoopoe, by A. Ezra . 209


Cephalopterus glabricollis (with plate), by P. H. Maxwell . . . .211


Pheasants in Relation to Aviculture, by P. Lambert . . . .212


Concerning Foreign Doves, by Carl N aether . . . . . .217


O.P.S., by J. M. Grant-Ives .. 220


An Editorial Appeal . . . . . . . . . .221


Egg-collecting—Taking the Whole Clutch, by E. F. C. . . . . 221


Obituary: Mr. Blay, by E. F. C. . . . . . . . . 222


An Appeal, by E. F. C. . . . . . . • . . . 223


Correspondence, Notes, etc. (with plate) ....... 223



All communications intended for publication in the Magazine

should be addressed to the Editor :—


Miss E. F. Chawner,


The White House,


Leckford,


Stoekbridge,


Hants.



