The Avicultural Society

Further thoughts on the dietary requirements of quail and their keeping and breeding
By Carl Garnham

Keeping and breeding the White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum
By Richard Green

Breeding the Orange-breasted Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii and the Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma at Weltvogelpark Walsrode
By Anne Hoppmann and Norbert Neumann

The Black-throated Canary or Seedeater Serinus atrogularis
By John Santegoeds

The European Fruit Dove Project
By Daan Witlox

The Avornis Show
By Rosemary Wiseman

The Avicultural Society trip to the Czech Republic
By Laura Gardner and Geoff Masson

The society’s visit to the Overbrook House collection
By Paul Schofield

News and Views

Rearing couas at Weltvogelpark Walsrode in Germany
By Anne Hoppmann

Mixed fortunes for the society’s adopted hornbills

The Southern Screamer Chauna torquata at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
By Jo Gregson

Releasing macaws in Costa Rica
By Bryan Andrews

Native passerines in North American Zoos
By Justin C. Hickman

Having been an aviculturalist for fifty years: Part 1
By Bernard Sayers

Book Reviews
Grassfinches in Australia
International Zoo Yearbook, Volume 46
Animals in the Blood: The Ken Smith Story

News & Views

Breeding the Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus at Blackbrook Zoological Park
By Nicola Sumbland

Dietary considerations when breeding Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
By Jack Eitniear and Terry Becherer

Breeding the Spectacled Laughingthrush Rhinocichla mitrata
By Llyr Davies

Looking back at Raymond’s first twenty-five years at Cobham
By Malcolm Ellis

Breeding the Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco and Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari at Weltvogelpark Walsrode
By Jürgen Vielguth, Kerstin Kirchhöfel, Timo Allner and Anne Hoppmann

A final note on the Drakensberg Siskin Pseudochloroptila symonsi
By Neville Brickell and Trevor Konigkramer

Book Review: Bird Sense

News & Views

Obituaries for Raymond Sawyer, Prof. J. R. Hodges and Wendy Duggan

New studies find challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Prince Ruspoli’s Turaco Tauraco ruspolii
By Alazar Daka, Tolera Kumsa, Luca Borghesio, Jean-Marc Lernoould and Afework Bekele

The beautiful Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
By Gary Bralsford

Pelicans of the world
By Christopher Marler

The Lemon-breasted Canary Serinus citrinpectus
By John Santegoeds

Action for the conservation of the endangered Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
By David Waugh

Successfully breeding the Lilac-brested Roller Coracias caudatus
By Dick Jaquest

A bird extravaganza with a French accent
By Pierre de Chabannes

News & Views

My Pal Stewart Pyper: Memories of a Friendship
By Mike Curzon

Contributors to Volume 117 – 2011

Index to Volume 117 – 2011

Visually sexing the Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus together with an example of social breeding behaviour by this species
By Paolo Bertagnolio

Lorikeet exhibits in UK zoos
By Rosemary Low

The Chestnut-backed Thrush Zoothera dohertyi
By Gary Bralsford

Captive care of the Friendly Ground Dove Gallicolumba stairi in Samoa
By Rose Collen, Bronwyn McCulloch, David Butler and Glen Holland

Hand-rearing the Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata at Paradise Park, Hayle, Cornwall
By Rebecca Waite

The Southern Crested Caracara Caracara plancus, including its breeding at Weltvogelpark, Walsrode
By Simon Brusland and Lech Bretschek

The Maylay or Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupa
By Peter Stocks

The latest list of Special Interest Grous and the Coordinators

The Society’s Special Interest Groups
By Malcolm Ellis

The importance of record keepingin aviculture
By Simon Matthews

News & Views and an Obituary for Stewart Pyper