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got as far as eggs. Although known to Europeans for at least 

 a century it has always been a rare bird over here. — Ed.] 



THE FUTURE OF THE M.^GAZINE. 



Sir, — One or two of my friends have Ijeen talking to me 

 about your leaving the Magazine, and we regret this because 

 we fear we shall miss the advantages of the Post mortem 

 examinations, and we have alwaj-s appreciated the Magazine 

 for giving us the real truth on the medical questions of our 

 hobby. I hope we may still read papers from your pen on 

 these subjects, and that the Magazine will have the same 

 character as it has in the past. " Birds in London." 



[I am much obliged to " Birds in London " for their 

 kindly appreciation of the Magazine in the past,'^botli on behalf 

 of Mr. Fillnier and myself Mr. Fillmer was broad-minded 

 enough to realize that medical men should be better authorities 

 on medical subjects than those whose education and businesses 

 have been cast in other directions. For my own part it has 

 been my desire, (and also that of Dr. Clarke), that those truths 

 in general physiological and medical science, which of late 

 years have been of so much advantage to both human beings 

 and quadrupeds, should also be applied to the ultimate benefit 

 of the birds we elect to keep in captivity for our own personal 

 ends. Audit must be remembered that the adoption or other- 

 wise of these truths is an important factor in the very ethics of 

 keeping birds. 



For the future of the Magazine my correspondent need 

 have no fear. Our new Editor, Mr. W. T. Page, is already 

 well known to us by his comprehensive articles on birds in 

 these pages, while on all medical and hygienic questions he 

 will have the able assistance of Messrs. H. Gray, M.R.C.V.S., 

 J. E. R. MacDonagh, M.R.C.S., and Geo. Master, M.B., who, I 

 believe, are kindly going to serve on the Magazine Committee. 

 A reference to the Post itiorteuis will be found on page 300. — 

 Ed.]. 



