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I allude to this matter with reluctance, but feel bound to 

 do so because the Editor of the Feathered World suppressed at 

 least two letters pointing out the inappropriateness of Dr. 

 Butler's adjective, and merely printed a sentence or two from 

 one of them in an obscure corner of the paper. And a fable, 

 if uncontradicted, is apt to be mistaken for a fact. 



Dr. Creswell's aviaries are in no sense " tin}-." They are 

 undoubtedly much more extensive than those of most of our 

 members who possess aviaries at all. Moreover, they are con- 

 siderably larger than Dr. Butler's own. I have seen the aviaries 

 of both gentlemen, more than once. 



While the Feathered World, formerly the " leading journal " 

 of aviculturists, is more and more abandoned to obscurantism, 

 it is satisfactory to note a steady improvement in the tone of 

 its young and energetic rival Cage Birds, which is becoming a 

 really interesting and useful paper. H. R. F. 



EGG FOOD FOR BIRDS. 



Sir, — I do not think that I shall be detracting from the 

 credit due to Drs. Clarke and Creswell for their discovery of 

 the dangers of egg food, if I remind your readers that a good 

 many years ago our honoured member Dr. Greene pointed out 

 that young Canaries could ])e reared better without it than 

 with it. His statement was derided and disbelieved— and after 

 exciting a brief interest the matter was allowed to drop. I 

 believe some letters on the subject appeared in the Bazaar— in 

 the early nineties, I tliink. Randoi^ph Quin. 



[We have a hazy recollection of the correspondence alluded 

 to by Mr. Quin — and should feel grateful if any one who hap- 

 pened to preserve the papers in which it appeared would 

 send us cuttings. — Ed.] 



A STATION FOR THE STUDY OF BIRD IJFE. 



Articles of incorporation have just been drawn looking 

 to the establishment on a permanent foundation of the 

 "Worthington Society for the Investigation of Bird Eife." 

 The founder, Mr. Charles C. Worthington, will erect and endow, 

 on his estate at vShawnee, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, the 

 necessary buildings and equipment. 



The Worthington vSociety will have for its purpose the 

 consideration of bird life as it is found in nature, and will also 

 have many birds under confinement for study and experiment. 



The following is a summary of the chief topics that will 

 present an immediate field for experimentation, which it is 



