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a door : my object was to be able to have the stove some 

 little way out in the room, and so better distribute the 

 heat. I can keep up a temperature of 50 to6odej^rees 

 all night. The stove is attended to ever}' night about 

 9.30, and is warm enough at 7 o'clock next morning to 

 only require a few sticks, and the damper left open 

 awhile, to revive the fire. 



I always have the outside door of the bird-room open 

 night and da}', and inside the room I have a sort of porch 

 of half-inch galvanized wire with a door; this arrange- 

 ment I find very useful, as I am sure fresh air (especially 

 if one has a stove) in a bird-room is most necessary. 



In vSummer the stove is taken away and the pipe- 

 hole stopped up — and there you have a roonn^ cage for 

 Canaries or other birds that want to nest. 



The above arrangement is primitive, no doubt, but 

 in an old-fashioned country- house, with no heating 

 apparatus, one must do with what one can have and not 

 with what one woidd have. 



ISABErvr^A Bp:i.ford Wii^son. 



SHRIKRS, MYNAHvS, AND WOODLARKS. 



Sir, — Will a member of the F. B. C. give his 

 experience of the Australian Shrikes, describe their 

 size and plumage, and say whether they are good 

 whistlers } I also want to know the capabilities of the 

 Crested Mynah as a cage pet, and whether Austrian 

 Woodlarks are superior songsters to British. 



Could an index to foreign cage birds be attached to 

 " Notes," giving all the different names, including 

 dealers names, of each species } Amazon. 



[Will some member please answer all or any of the 

 above questions } The proposed " Index " is a large 

 order, but I will see whether it is not possible to do some- 

 thing towards it some da\-. — Ed.] 



THE HUMMING-BIRD IN LONDON. 

 Sir, — In my little narrative I carefully avoided the 

 use of the name Humming Bird, and you will recollect 



