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ground that both he and myself had in the course of our lives 

 -spent innumerable hours in the stuffy rooms of consumptive 

 patients and yet had not contracted the disease. In this case, 

 as in many more, my friend's inductive method of reasoning 

 was wrong, as we all know now, although I believe he still 

 sticks to his own opinion in much the same way as Lady 

 Blount still holds that the earth is flat. 



W. Geo. Crp:swi':li,. 



P.S. — At the proper time I hope to explain more fidly the 

 bearings of this food question. 



Sir, — May I be allowed to say that I am one of those who 

 have never given bread, either wet or dry, to Budgerigars, and 

 that I rarely, if ever, lose a young bird. I feed them on canary, 

 millet, and oats, with a piece of apple at this time of the year, 

 and any fresh greenmeat I can get in v/armer weather. 



At the present time, in an outdoor aviary. I have young 

 ones flying about, and in perfect health, fed upon the seeds I 

 mention. 



I think that if we will only be content to wait patiently, 

 and carefully read " The Story of Bird-Death " as it continues 

 to appear, we shall very likely hear of a few more ** stupid 

 fads " which we shall thank Dr. Creswell for telling us of. 



I notice that Mr. Seth-Smith's letter was crowded out of 

 the Januarj' number. Don't ^-ou think, Mr. Editor, that too 

 much valuable space in our journal was taken up witn the 

 Crystal Palace Show.^ Henry Dart. 



Our readers have already received, or will shortly receive, 

 from Mr. E. Kay Robinson, a prospectus of the new penny 

 weekly to be published under the above title. So far as it is 

 possible to judge from the information laid before us, there 

 seems every prospect that this new paper will prove of special 

 interest to bird-lovers. A weekly journal which shall in- 

 corporate some of the best features of the " fancy " papers, 

 while free from the inanities which seem inseparable from 

 that class of publication, is one of the wants of the day. We 

 hope that The Coimtry-Side may to some extent supply this 

 want. At any rate, the venture deserves our sympathy and 

 encouragement. 



