1 6 Editorial. 



be always writing" so bnlkily as in the past, and // the members 

 zvill not supply copy, the failure is theirs and not your Editor's. 

 VVe have placed the issue clearly before you — the future is yours 

 to make or mar. 



If members do not supply more copy than in the [)ast 

 there can only be one result, viz : issues of Bird i\OTKs small in 

 bulk and equally so in variety. 



While upon this topic we will refer once more to the 

 L'orrespondence section — this is not largely used, yet interest 

 and profit sliould result if the opposite were the result. h^or 

 instance, how important are insectile mixtures to the successful 

 keeping" of soft-bills and the successful rearing" of their young- - 

 What interest and profit there would result from a discussion 

 upon this topic — we are not a society of traders and have no 

 business secrets to conserve — it only needs one or two members 

 to give their methods and results, and others to follow on; to 

 start what would be some of most, if not the most, practical 

 and important avicultural copy Bird Notes has ever published. 

 And there are numerous other similar topics that might be so 

 dealt with — we have only to remember that we have not, neither 

 are we called upon, to prove that iiiy iiii.vture is the only right 

 or successful one, but to glean valuable knowledge and data, 

 which should not only be mutual gain, but prove conducive to 

 the happiness and comfort of the birds we confine ; to put all 

 fear of acrimonius discussion to flight (if such we indulged iv, 

 the Editor's blue pencil would most certainly erase it), and a 

 pleasing, interesting and practical feature be commenced in our 

 Journal. 



We do not desire to repeat what we have said in our 

 Retrospect — we note that there is a desire for the resumption of 

 coloured plates; WE WILL HAVE THEM AS SOON AS 

 WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PAY FOR THEM. 



Again there is the need for new members to make good 

 war losses, etc. ; this is a matter in which all can help, \vill they ? 



As we opened so we close — the future is ours to make or 

 mar. If we grasp our opportunities, and each individual 

 member does his, or her, part according to their ability, then 

 1922 will be the most successful in our history. 



