THE AVIOULTURAL 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 |


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


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

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


Any cbang:© of address should be notified to her.



CONTENTS



The Long-tailed Grassfinch ( with coloured plate), by E. F. C.


Wanderings in the Far East, by S. Poster . . . . .


Waterfowl at South Lake, Woodley (with plates), by A. Rampton

Breeding of the Black-headed and White-breasted Caiques, by Lady

POLTEMORE.


Crimson Finches, by E. M. Lupton .......


Partial Successes in Breeding the Sulphur-bellied Tanager, by Mrs. Wharton -


Tigar.


Breeding Notes, by J. C. Bennett ........


Attempts at Breeding Foreign Birds, by F. E. Matthews


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


Breeding Violet-eared Waxbills, by E. F. C.


Mr. Sewell’s Breeding Record, by E. Hopkinson.


Reviews ............


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


Officers for the Year 1937 . . ......



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All communications intended for publication in the Magazine

should be addressed to the Editor :—


Miss E. F. Chawner,


The White House,


Leckford,


Stockbridge,


Hants.



