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.


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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.

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CONTENTS


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The Star Finch (■with coloured plate), by E. F. C. . . . . 257


Breeding Notes for 1936, by the Marquis of Tavistock . . . 258


Two Handsome Honeyeaters, by Ian Harman ..... 262


Breeding Notes from Toorak, South Australia, by H. S. Sewell . 266


Two Sad Happenings, by Mrs. M. Kewley ...... 270


Successful Rearing of Stanley Cranes at Foxwarren Park (with plate), by


Alfred Ezra. . . . 272


A Tame Bullfinch, by E. Kathleen Goddard ..... 273


Natural versus “ Cleaned ” Seeds, by H. N. . . . . . . 274


Notes on My Birds, by M. Maxwell-Jackson.276


The African Black Crake, byE.H. . . . . . . . 278


Ornamental Pheasant Society ........ 278


Correspondence, Notes, etc. ........ 279



All communications intended for publication in the Magazine

should be addressed to the Editor :—


Miss E. F. Chawner,


The White House,


Leckford,


Stockbridge,


Hants.



