Heron Road, Heme Hill, S.E. There are seven classes 

 for foreign birds including a limit class. Mr. vSvvaysland 

 is to be the Judge, and two of our Club's Medals are 

 offered for competition. 



I want each member to do his or her share of work 

 for the Club — and I therefore ask everyone to secure at 

 at least one new member, and also to write something 

 for these pages. Literary skill is not required, and the 

 roughest notes will be valued provided they add to our 

 knowledge, originate or continue a discussion on an 

 interesting subject, or record the experiences of a care- 

 ful observer. Where desired, I shall be pleased to put 

 such notes into readable form. Descriptions of bird- 

 rooms and aviaries and their inmates are, I think, always 

 appreciated by readers. Articles and correspondence on 

 treatment and other practical points are also greatly 

 valued. Long descriptions of plumage should be 

 avoided— for the simple reason that hardly anyone will 

 read them. It will be well to bear in mind that this is a 

 popular, and not a semi-scientific, publication. 



It is intended that in future '• Foreign Bird Notes " 

 shall be issued about the middle of the month. I expect 

 that the next number will be in the hands of the 

 members on or before the 15th of November — but if it 

 should be late I trust they will understand that the 

 <lelay is unavoidable. I hope to be able to publish in 

 that number full reports on the foreign classes at the 

 Palace vSliow. 



The question " How to encourage the breeding of 

 new species," which Mr. Quin raises in our corres- 

 pondence pages, is one of great interest. It requires to 

 be fully discussed and considered from all points of view. 

 There is always the danger, in a small Club like ours, 

 that we should become a " mutual admiration Society." 

 I will at present say nothing further on the subject, 

 except that in any scheme which may be adopted, I think 

 the breeder of hybrids should not be left out in the cold. 



HORATIO R. FILLMER, 



Hon. Sec. Foreign Bird Ci.ub. 



