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Title: The Avicultural magazine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Avicultural Society
Subjects: Aviculture Birds Cage birds
Publisher: (Ascot, Berkshire, etc., Avicultural Society, etc.)
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ing eggs, and thewords The Avicultural Society—founded 1894. On the reverse is the followingmscription : Awarded to (name of recipient) for rearing the young of (name ofspecies) a species not previously bred in captivity in the United Kingdom ^0 The Socieh/s Prize and Certificate. The Societys Prize. The Society offers an annual Prize in Literature for tlie best article orseries of articles on foreign birds, wild or captive, submitted by members livingabroad, and accepted for publication in the Magazine, the Prize to consist of abound and inscribed copy of Practical Bird-keeping or some other suitable book,the award of the Prize to rest with the Editor. The Prize is open for competition by foreign members only, as they are noteligible for the Medal. The Societys Certificate. This Certificate is given for priority in breeding birds in cages, the dimensionsof which must not exceed one cubic yard, the conditions of award to be the sameas those for the Medal. The Avicultural Magazine. X
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Photo, by G. E. Low. THE LITTLE GREY HOME IN THE WEST:Puffin at Burrow, Saltee Islands, Ireland. The edge of the burrow is seen at X. Adlard & Son & West Newman. Ltd. THE AVICULTURAL PlAOAZirSE, BEING THE JOURNAL OFTHE AVICULTURAL SOCIETYFOR THE STUDY OFFOREIGN & BRITISH BIRDSIN FREEDOM & CAPTIVITY. Third Series.—Yol. X.—No. i.—All rights reserved. NOVEMBER, 1918. A GOOD START. Whats well begun is half done runs the proverb. Thisthought dominates the mind as the Magazine with this numbercommences yet another avicultural year. Already it is plain thatthe literary output will be excellent, while our pictures will equalthe letterpress—for which the Editor thanks all those who havestood by him with pen and camera. The illustration opposite has been selected from a fine seriesof photographs taken by our member and contributor Mr. G. E. Low.Although other birds are included in the series, the collectionprimarily deals with sea-birds—Gulls and Puffins. We see, forin

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