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THB NO-EGG SYSTEM FOR CANARIES. 



Sir, — Noting Mr. Quiii's remarks re the above in " Bird 

 Notes," p. 143, and your comment on the same, I beg to say that 

 the controversy originated from a paper I contributed to 

 "Poultry," Vol. I., p. 266, but so abusive and virulent were my 

 detractors that although the late Mr. Comyns suppressed much 

 of what was written by them, I became so disgusted that I 

 allowed the matter to drop, and am glad to find that Drs. 

 Clarke and Creswell have revived it. 



I do not think the controversy extended to the " Bazaar," 

 and am sorry I cannot send you cuttings, as I have had the 

 volumes bound. 



W. T. Greene. 



"TINY" AVIARIES. 



Dr. Butler has requested me to mention that he has erected 

 some new aviaries since the last time that I was at his house, and 

 that he claims to now possess larger aviaries than Dr. Creswell. 

 As it happens, Dr. Creswell also has built additional aviaries 

 since I was at Kingston last winter — so it seems to be a case of 

 " as you were." 



I feel that I owe an apology to the readers of Bird Notes 

 for again referring to this trivial matter, and I hope it will be 

 understood that I do not for one moment consider the size of 

 an aviculturist's aviaries to be any test of his attainments in 

 aviculture. H. R. F. 



vSiR, — If it will give Dr. Butler any satisfaction, I will not 

 contradict him if he says his aviaries are ten times the size of 

 mine. Up to now I have ignored this matter, (broached by 

 himself alone), as being quite outside the issue as to whether 

 lie is competent to dictate on questions relating to avian 

 medicine and hygiene, or indeed on any question of physio- 

 logical biology. W. Geo. Creswei^Iv. 



THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING. 



Sir, — Will you permit me to give my testimony with 

 regard to this burning question of the hour — egg or no ^^z"^ — 

 a question that must be of paramount importance to all avi- 

 culturists. Being at Kingston recently I took advantage of the 

 occasion to put in practice the old adage, " the proof of the 



