THE AV1CULTURAL 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.


j ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE HONORARY SECRETARY 8

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


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 he notified to her.



CONTENTS


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The Australian Waxbill (with coloured plate), by E. F. C. . . . . 309


Making a Sanctuary, etc. (with plate), by R. and N. Stevens . . .310


Honey Eaters, by E. Hopkinson.313


Notes from a Berkshire Aviary, by J. E. Sweetnam. .... 316


Galahs, by G. H. Blair.' 320


Breeding the Black Crowned Waxbill (with plate), by N. Wharton-Tigar . 323


Breeding the Violet-eared Waxbills, by Mrs. K. Drake .... 325


Labour Saving in the Aviary, by M. Amsler ...... 327


A Good Cat Trap (with plates), by W. H. Workman. .... 332


The English Starling in Southern Texas, U.S.A., by J. B. Housden . . 333


Ornamental Pheasant Society, by J. M. Grant-Ives .... 336


Correspondence, Notes, etc. ......... 337


The Society’s Medal .......... 340


Notice concerning Payment.—E d. ....... 340



All communications intended for publication in the Magazine

should be addressed to the Editor :—


Miss E. F. Chawner,


The White House,


Leckford,


Stockbridge,


Hants.



