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and that this care and attention is probably unique. No 

 single copy of any plate in any other publication having been 

 revised bv him, though many could be improved by such a 

 process. 



Also the fact of the plates being issued as "Artist's Proofs," 

 and signed by the Artist, is believed to be unprecedented. 



In many magazines or journals devoted to birds the plates 

 are either of necessity drawn from skins, or else, even when 

 they are drawn from life, the colouring is often of an inferior 

 order. 



It is the Artist's hope and intention to produce the Plates 

 for the coming vohime with even greater care than he has 

 bestowed on those in the present volume of Bird Notes, and he 

 intends also to produce them as " Artist's Proofs," and to sign 

 copies of those Plates when the birds are drawn from living 

 specimens. The signed copies will only be issued to members, 

 and to the journals and magazines which review Bird Notes. 



THE BIRD MARKET. 



The charge is one penny for every four words, including' address. All 

 advertisements must be pre-paid, and reach the Editorial .Secretary by 

 the 10th of the month. 



Ladv DuNr<p:ATH has Silver Pheasants (1904) for sale, reared 

 outside, quite tame, 10/6 each. Apply 



Housekeeper, Ballywalter Park, County Down. 



Pair Chinese Quails, or exchange for very good pair Diamond 

 vSparrows. PiCKi.ES, Stoneyhurst, Morecambe. 



" Avicultural Magazine,"'— July, August, September, October, 

 Noveml)er, December, 1900 ; January, February, 1901 — 8/- 

 Lhe lot, or exchange for 2 hen Budgerigars. 



Brooksbank, Tickhill, Rotherhani. 



Several Goldfinches 3/- each, 2 years old 5/- each. Wanted— 

 two or three pairs of Gouldians, also Parrot Finches. 

 Mnst be healthy and reasonable in price. 



H. R. Fii,i,MER. 



