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In the AVICULTURAL MAGAZINE Vol.108, No.1, you can read about:

MY EXPERIENCES BREEDING THE VICTORIA CROWNED PIGEON by Rosemary Wiseman. Prompted by the account of the breeding at Bristol Zoo Gardens of this the largest and most spectacular of all the pigeons (Vol.107, No.2, 2001), Rosemary Wiseman describes her experiences as a private aviculturist breeding this species and how the behaviour of her birds differed from that of those at Bristol.

THE BREEDING BEHAVIOUR OF A PAIR OF CINEREOUS VULTURES AT LINCOLN ZOO PARK by Nicole Kehl and Megan R. Ross. This documents the breeding behaviour between 1994 and 2001 of a pair of captive-bred hand-reared Cinereous or European Black Vultures at Lincoln Zoo Park, Chicago, USA.

THE GREY PARROT IN AVICULTURE by Derian A. L. Silva Moraton The author? who lives at Miami Beach, Florida, covers in onsiderable detail all aspects of keeping, teaching to talk and breeding this popular- African parrot.

BIRDWATCHING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND NEW BRITAIN by Roger Wilkinson. Roger saw nearly 300 species of birds, including 16 species of parrot, 25 species of pigeon, 13 species of kingfisher and 20 different species of bird of paradise in Papua New Guinea. Among the birds he saw on New Britain was the Blue-eyed Cockatoo, which he wrote about in Vol.107, No.4, 2001.

BIRD NOTES FROM CHESTER ZOO, 2001 by Roger Wilkinson. Roger writes about the new arrivals and the many birds bred at Chester Zoo during 2001, and illustrates his account with his colour photos of the Vietnamese Pheasant, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon and Chestnut-capped Thrush.

LONDON ZOO REVIEW 2001 by John A. Ellis During the year the zoo achieved the UK first breeding of the Seven-coloured Tanager, almost 60 Black-cheeked Lovebirds were bred and 16 Pope Cardinals. Blue-crowned Lory, Mount Apo Lorikeeti Sharoai Magpie Robin and White-crowned Robin Chat were among other species bred- New arrivals included four Socorro Doves.
There is a warning of the danger of feeding avocado pear to birds, particularly to parrots, book reviews and among other items; one about the 60 plus Spix's Macaws, almost entirely in the hands of private individuals.



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