The Avicultural Magazine Vol 3 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Avicultural Magazine, Vol. 3: Being the Journal of the Avicultural Society for the Study of Foreign and British Birds in Freedom and Captivity Mr. Bonhote then acted as one of the Secretaries for the Congress. It is universally admitted that much of the success of this important event was due to the excellence of the arrangements. The Congress was attended by many officers and other members of this Society. Mr. Seth-Smith acted as official delegate for the Society, and read a paper entitled "The Importance of Aviculture as an aid to the study of Ornithology." We would call attention to the work that has been accomplished by members in recording the breeding habits of species which are not known to have bred in captivity in this country before: the Rev. C. D. Farrar has successfully reared young of the White-throated Finch (Spernophila albigularis); Sir William Ingram, Bart., the Bare-throated Francolin (Pternistes leucoscepus), and Mr. D. Seth-Smith the Varied Bustard Quail (Turnix varia) and the Australian Swamp Quail (Syn cus australis). Mention may also be made of the breeding of some interesting hybrids; Dr. Butler has reared a hybrid Ouzel between Merula boulboul and M. merula; Mr. Fasey, hybrid Parrakeets between Platycercus elegans and Barnardius semitorquatus; and Mr. Seth-Smith hybrid Song-Sparrows between Zonotrichia leucophrys and Z. pileata; while a Duck, bred this year by Mr. Bonhote contains the blood of no less than five species, viz., Anas boscas, melleri, p cilorhyncha, superciliosa, and Dafila acuta, an event hitherto unknown in the annals of hybridism. We would urge our members to do their best to persuade all their friends who may be interested in birds to join the Avicultural Society. Finally our thanks are due to the members of the Executive Committee, who have worked hard to promote the welfare of the Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."