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Issue 1 - June 1993
"Chairman's Report" by Andrew Perkins
"Hand Rearing of Touracos" by Audrey Perkins
"Winter Housing and Disease Prevention" by Nigel Hewston
Your committee (list)

Issue 2 - December 1993
"Chairman's Report" by Andrew Perkins
"Wanderings in Wonderland" by John Savidge
"Touracos in Britain & Ireland 1992 Census Report" by Nigel Hewston
"Ideal Foster Parents" by P.J. Legg
"Hand Rearing Diets" Birdworld
"Cotswold Wild Life Park" by Ron Hurley
Editor's note

Issue 3 - June 1994
"Chairman's Report" by Andrew Perkins
"1989 Breeding of the Livingstone's Turaco" by Steven Horne
"Should we Branch Out?" by P. Harrington
"Touracos in Britain and Ireland 1993 Census Report" by Nigel Hewston
"Breeding the Buffons Turaco - a love - hate relationship" by Steven Horne
"Items of Interest" by Andrew Perkins

 

 

 

 

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Issue 4 - February 1995
"Chairman's Report" by Andrew Perkins
"Bannerman's Turaco" by Heather Macleod and John Parrot
"Grey Louries - Feeding on Clay" from the Journal "Babbler"
"Pole-pole (rhymes with 'slowly')" by John Savidge
"Turacos and the Law" by Nigel Hewston
Surplus / Required

Issue 5 - Spring 1996
"Chairman's Report" by Andrew Perkins
"Hornbill, Toucan & Taxon Advisory Group" by Nigel Hewston
Social Meeting
"First Touraco Breeding at Harewood" by Peter Stubbs
"Diet & Food Presentation" by Nigel Hewston
"Trying to Breed Touracos" by B.G. Walsh
"Touracos in Britain & Ireland"
"Breeding the Knysna Touraco" by Claude M. Payne
"Curiouser & Curiouser said Alice" by Yvonne Savidge

Issue 6 - Autumn 1996
"Chairman's Report" by Andrew Perkins
Autumn Meeting
"Natural History Museum" by Nigel Hewston
AGM 1996
"Touracos in Kenya" by Malcolm Ellis
Touracos in Britain & Ireland 1995 Census
"International Touraco Survey" by David Hancock
Hornbill, Toucan & Touraco TAG Mortality Survey
"The Great Escape & Re-capture" by John Emslie
"Taxonomy of Touracos using DNA" by Bruce J. Winney & David T. Parkin
EC CITES Regulation Update
News, Sales & Wants

Issue 7 - Spring 1997
"Chairman's Report" by Andrew Perkins
Second Visit to Tring
AGM 1997
"Record Keeping Made Simple" by Nigel Hewston
"What's in a Name" by John Savidge
"Bannerman's Touraco" by Don Turner
National Exhibition
"Touracos at Jurong Bird Park" by Andrew Owen
"Captive Touracos in Kenya " by Frank Turner
"Autumn Meeting at Tring" by Yvonne Savidge
Touraco Breedings
News Items
Wanted & For Sale

Issue 8 - Autumn 1997
Visit to Blackbrook & AGM
"Talk at Avicultural Day" by Han Assink
David Armitage Bannerman
"Prince Ruspoli's Touraco" by Don Turner
"Touraco Diets & Notes on the Great Blue" by David L. Bender
"Softbills: A Book Review" by John Savidge
"C.I.T.E.S. Controls & Census" by Nigel Hewston
Letters to the Editor
News Items
How about writing an article for your magazine
Wanted & For Sale

Issue 9 - Spring 1998
AGM
Budel Meeting
"Urgent Warning" by John & Yvonne Savidge
"Autobiographical Sketch " by R.E. Moreau
"Eastern & Western Grey Plantain-Eaters" by Don Turner
"The Touracos of Putu" by Donald MacIntosh
John G. Williams (1913 - 1997)
Letters to the Editor
Committee Meeting
NEC
News Items
Wanted & For Sale

Issue 10 - Autumn 1998
"Aspects of the Musophagidae" by R.E. Moreau
"Touraco Evolution & Ancestry " by Don Turner
"News from Cotswold Wildlife Park" by Louise Peat
Frank Turner
"A.G.M. Report" by Francoise Raison
Notes & News
Wanted & For Sale
Letter to the Editor

Issue 11 - Spring 1999
AGM 1999 I.T.S.
"Autobiography" by R.E. Moreau
"Ecology of T. ruspolii & T. leucotis" by Luca Borghesio
"First Steps with White-cheeks" by Steve Foy
"Anatomy of the Musophagidae" by Georgann B. Johnson
"Livingstone the Explorer" by Yvonne Savidge
I.T.S. Summer Meeting
National Exhibition Report
Wanted & For Sale
Letter to the Editor
I.T.S. Benelux Meeting Report

Issue 12 - Autumn 1999
"Your New Editor" by Louise Peat
"Life with the Livingstone's" by Penny Cockburn
"Western's Go Green" by Nathan Crockford
First Breeding Records for Touracos in the UK
"Touracos (Louries) in Zimbabwe" by Clive Humphreys
"The Long-lost Escapee" by Audrey Perkins
"Great Blue Touracos" by Mhorag Candy
A.G.M. Report
"Touracos Diet" by Georgann Johnson
Wanted & For Sale
1999 Census of Touracos
Visit to Burgers' Bush Zoo
"Fischer's Touraco" by Don Turner

Issue 13 - Spring 2000
"Breeding the Red-crested Touraco" by Bela Pocsi
"National Cage & Aviary Birds Report" by Audrey Perkins
"Ringing in the new Millenium" by Nigel Hewston
"New Product for Touracos" by Russell Liddiatt
"Kuimba Shiri" by Susan Fowkes
"Touraco Census in Spain" by Andres Marin
"Touracos in Britain & Ireland" by Nigel Hewston
"Benelux Meeting" by Rainer Berenz
"Do Touracos benefit from C.I.T.E.S. Legislation?" by Don Turner
"Surplus and Wanted Touracos in Britain" by Nigel Hewston.

Issue 14 - Autumn 2000
"Go Away Birds" by Don Turner
A.G.M. 2000
Next Meeting 03/09/2000
"Beginner's Luck" by Darren Corden
"Names Explained" by Clive Humphreys
"A Tongueless Touraco" by Georgann B. Johnson
"White-cheeked Touraco" by Adrian Jones
"Pathology and Diseases" by J. Waine

Issue 15 - Spring 2001
"Lady Ross's Touraco" by Susan Congdon & Lyn Heller
National Cage & Aviary Bird Show 2000
"Touracos Galore" by Louise Peat
Posters for African Schools
Social Meeting at Birdworld
Wanted & For Sale
A.G.M.
"Hand Rearing Diet" by David Jones
"The Handcock Collection" by David Bender
"Comments" by James A. Jobling
"I.T.S. Ringing Scheme 2001" by Nigel Hewston

Issue 16 - Autumn 2001
"Violet Touraco" by Nancy Bent & Francine Corbett
"Strange Nestfellows" by Steve Duncan
Wanted & For Sale
"Iron Storage Disease" by Georgann B. Johnson
"Zanzibar's Touraco" by Luca Borghesio
"Breeding Ross's Touraco" by Newton R. Steel

Issue 17 - Spring 2002
"Chairman's Report" by Andrew Perkins
Social Meeting
"Hand-rearing Louries" by Mossie Weber (South Africa)
"A Survey of the Biology and Conservation Status of Zanzibar Turaco" by Luca Borghesio and others
"Breeding the Hartlaub's Touraco" At The Bobenheim Birdpark, Germany
Wanted & For Sale

Issue 18 - Autumn 2002
"Metabolic Bone Disease" by Dr. Clive W Humphreys
Chairman's Report
"Lourie Collectables" by Clive Humphreys
"From One Small Speck To Man" by Vij Sodera FRCSEd
Membership Figures
"Chicks" by David Jones
"Breeding and Rearing Turacos" by Kateri Davis, Davis Lund Aviaries, USA
Treasurer's Report
"Turaco Diets over the Years" by Clive Humphreys (Ed)
"Touracos at Lisbon Zoo" by Clive Humphreys (Ed) and Eric Bairrao Ruivo

Issue 19 - Spring 2003
Chairman's Report
Wanted & For Sale
"Lumpers & Splitters" by Clive Humphreys
"www.touracos.org" by David Jones (Webmaster)
"National Cage & Aviary Birds Exhibition" by David Jones
"White-cheeked & Ruspoli's Turaco hybrids" by Jean-Marc Lernould & Roland Seitre
"Stamps featuring Turacos" by Clive Humphreys (Ed)
"Turaco Wing Claws" by Paul Wexler
"Census Reporting on Captive Turacos" by Clive Humphreys (Ed)

Issue 20 - Autumn 2003
"A note from your Editor" by Paul Wexler.
"Gems of the African Wilderness" - an article on Touraco management by Bela Pocsi, a member in Hungary.
"The Diet of Wild Grey Go-Away-Birds" by Clive Humphreys.
"Turaco Feathers & Royalty" by Clive Humphreys.
"The Physics of Structural Colours in Bird Feathers (Schemochromes)" by Devorah A. N. Bennu.
"Sub-families & Tribes of Birds Related to Turacos" by Clive Humphreys.
Table of stamps featuring turacos.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, C.I.T.E.S.
Wanted & For Sale
"Iron Storage Disease (Haemochromatosis) in birds, particularly in Turacos" by Nathan Croxford and Clive Humphreys.

Issue 21 - Spring 2004
"Editors Note" by Paul Wexler.
"An Indoor Aviary for Lady Ross Touracos" by Georgann Johnston, a member in U.S.A.
"Mixing Touracos" by Nigel Hewston.
"National Exhibition report" by David Jones.
"Report on Social Meeting at Beale Park" by David Jones.
"Exchanging Touracos" by David Jones.
News from the 'News / One-liners' page on the website.
Wanted & For Sale
"Touracos as a Standard of Culture" by Béla Pócsi.
"The Stafford Sale" by David Jones.

Issue 22 - Autumn 2004
"Editors Note" by Paul Wexler.
"From your new Chairman" by David Jones.
"The 'Cheek-Marking' group of Touracos" by Clive Humphreys.
"South African Study Tour" by Paul Wexler.
I.T.S. Sale Items: mugs, posters and lithographs.
2005 A.G.M. advance notice.
"Cotswold's Touracos get new home" by Louise Peat.
"Sexual Dimorphism in Touracos" by Clive Humphreys.
"First attempts with Touracos" by Ollie Cullen.
"Observations of flower buds, petals, pollen and nectar eaten" by Touracos by Clive Humphreys.
"Novel livefood in the diet of captive Touracos" by Clive Humphreys.
Wanted & For Sale
Autumn Social Meeting - advertisement by Nigel Hewston.

Issue 23 - Spring 2005
Editors Note by Paul Wexler.
'A Note from your Chairman' by David Jones.
ITS Mugs for Sale.
'The Flight of Turacos' by Clive Humphreys.
'Blue Touraco breeding and hand rearing' by Owen Joiner.
'Breeding the Violaceous Touraco at the Bobenheim Birdpark, Germany' by Rainer Berenz.
'Fruit Species Eaten by Louries' by Clive Humphreys.
'Maintaining and Breeding the Red-crested Touraco' by Owen Joiner.
'Iron Storage and it's Pathology in Point Form for Turaco Enthusiasts' by Clive Humphreys.
Wanted & For Sale

Issue 24 - Autumn 2005
Editorial by Clive Humphreys.
Chairman's Report by David Jones.
Treasurer's Report by Darron Corden.
'Nesting of the Knysna Touraco' by Hubert Astley (1908).
'Breeding Buffon's Touraco in France' by Jean Delacour (1916).
News from the ITS Website.
Merchandise / Sales & Wants
'Ecology of White-cheeked Touraco in Southern Ethiopia' by Luca Borghesio.
'Turaco Hybrids' by Clive Humphreys.

Issue 25 - Spring 2006
Editorial by David Jones.
Committee vacancies by Nigel Hewston.
Some observations of captive Musophagidae by Myles Lamont.
'The Yellow-billed Touraco' by Graham Renshaw (1914).
What hides behind the name and song of touracos? by Béla Pócsi.
'Notes on Hartlaub's Touraco' by D.H.S. Risdon (1954).
News and merchandise from the ITS Website.
Similarities between the Hoatzin and Turacos' by Clive Humphreys.
Obituary: Ken Semple by Terry Sayers and Ivan Jones.
Wanted and for Sale.

Issue 26 – Autumn 2006
Editorial by Clive Humphreys
Touracos or Turacos? by Clive Humphreys
Chairman’s Report by David Jones
Some Brief Notes on Hybridisation in Turacos by Myles Lamont
Other Turaco Hybrids by Clive Humphreys
Rare Island Turacos by Clive Humphreys
Veterinary Notes on Avian Malaria in Knysna Turacos by Clive Humphreys
On the Nesting of Fraser’s Touracou by W.P. Pycraft (1904)
Merchandise
News from the Committee Members

Issue 27 – Spring 2007
Editorial by Clive Humphreys
Trapline & Feeding-party Behaviour by Clive Humphreys
The White-cheeked Turaco by Gail Harland
Turacos on the Internet
Phylogenetics of Yellow-billed Turacos by Clive Humphreys
News from the Website by Sue Tugwell
'Our Cover' The Great Blue Turaco by Clive Humphreys
Notes on Turacos in Qatar by Simon Bruslund Jensen
A Simple Classification for Turacos by Clive Humphreys and Howard Robinson
Turaco Husbandry & Conservation by Mark Armitage
Book Reviews
I.T.S. Merchandise

Issue 28 – Autumn 2007
Editorial and Chairman's AGM Report by David Jones
Breeding White-bellied Turacos by Alan Rice
News from the Website
Turacos at the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation in Qatar by Simon Bruslund Jensen
Turacos in Ethiopia by Clive Humphreys
The Grey Plantain-eater by Davina Kawuma
Feeding of the Great Blue Turaco by Davina Kawuma
Member News
Short Articles by Clive Humphreys
A Note from the Co-Editor - Clive Humphreys
I.T.S. Merchandise

Issue 29 – Spring 2008
Editorial by David Jones
Report from ITS Stand at Autumn Sale by Clive Humphreys
Keeping Turacos by Peter Legg
The Doves, Parrots, Louries and Cuckoos of Southern Africa reviewed by Clive Humphreys
European Zoos Involved in Turaco Conservation by David Gomis
Turacos - Personal Observations: Part 1 by Gareth Freeman
Notes from the Co-Editor Clive Humphreys: Poisonous Plants and Turacos, Ruwenzori Turacos, Ethiopian Project
Assessment of the Influences of Hybridization and Habitat Destruction to the Survival of Prince Ruspoli's Turaco by Tolera Kumsa
Member News
Foreign Bird Federation by Nigel Hewston

Issue 30 – Autumn 2008
Editorial by David Jones
Chairman's Report by David Jones
Report from ITS stand at the Spring Bird Sale in Stafford by Clive Humphreys
Are Fischer's Turacos less threatened than believed? by Jean-Marc Lernould
Turaco Colouration by Clive Humphreys
Breeding Western Grey Plantain-eaters by Peter Legg
Is the Hoatzin a Turaco? by J. M. Hughes & A. J. Baker
Turacos - Personal Observations: Part 2 by Gareth Freeman
Short Turaco Notes by Clive Humphreys
Prince Ruspoli's Turacos - Adapted from the Internet
Tauraco macrorhynchus and T. persa in North- Eastern Gabon by J. -P. Decoux and C. Erard
Member News from the Website - Ewen Rennie

Issue 31 - Spring 2009
Editorial by David Jones
Report of Birdwatching Trip to Gambia by J. C. Waine
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara - Reviewed by David Jones
Spring Bird Show at Stafford - David Jones
World Championship and Exhibition of Show Birds by Béla Pócsi
Regurgitation by Béla Pócsi
The Necessity of Protein Intake during the Development Stage of Turaco Chicks by Béla Pócsi
Breeding the Violaceous Turaco (Musophaga violacea) by Geoff Bailey
Is Ruspoli's Turaco threatened by hybridization with White-cheeked Turaco? by Luca Borghesio, Tolera Kumsa, Jean-Marc Lernould and Afework Bekele
Turacos, Aviaries and Plants by Les Disley
Member News: Photographs from Argentina by Peter Munk

Issue 32 - Autumn 2009
Editorial by David Jones
Chairman's Report - I.T.S. AGM April 2009 by David Jones
Breeding the Lady Ross Turaco (Musophaga rossae) at Cotswold Wildlife Park by Christopher Green
Visit to Attica Zoo, Greece by Ben Potterton
The Mystery of Turacin and Turacoverdin: Why do Turacos have Unique Feather Pigments? by Drs. Wendy Hood and Geoffrey Hill
Taxidermy by Lee Hanson
On the Look-out for Turacos - School Exchange to Kenya by Jade Jones
Notes from the Co-editor: Turaco Management Issues; Census Taking, Data on & the Status of Turacos in Captivity; Aggression in Captive Birds; Trapping and Handling Turacos; Cordia Berries
Member News: Clive Humphreys, Andrew and Audrey Perkins, Chris Green, Darren Lanca, Jonathan Beilby and David Woolcock

Issue 33 - Spring 2010
Editorial by David Jones
Wilhelma Zoo - a Whistle-stop Tour by Gail Harland
Turaco Show in Tapolca, Hungary by Béla Pócsi
Collecting Turaco Feathers for my Collection by Srdjan Cuturilov
Memories of Turacos by Keith Smith
"What on Earth is a Turaco?" by Sheri Hanna
Birding in South Africa with EcoTraining by Sheri Hanna
Welcome to the Home of the Great Blue Turacos by Pierre Moisson
Member News: David Jones - Misshapen egg, Nelson Nóbrega - Portugal and a trip to South Africa, Alan Emery - 2009 Breeding Season
Update on Turacos in Ethiopia by Dr. Jean-Marc Lernould
Turacos in British Zoos by Jonathan Beilby

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