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be so, matter must come in better than it has done 

 during the last month or two. 



Everj' member is entitled to a complete set of 

 *' Notes," and, if there are any who have not received 

 some of the back numbers, I shall be pleased to forward 

 them on application. 



The success of a periodical can generally be gauged 

 by the degree of its success in attracting advertisers — it 

 is therefore ver}' gratifying to see the great increase this 

 mouth in members' advertisements. 



That examples of almost all species are sometimes 

 dangerous is well known — but I was a good deal 

 astonished to find that one of my Green Singing Finches 

 had developed murderous tendencies. I placed this bird 

 in a small bird-room aviary with three hen Canaries, with 

 the result that the next morning one of the Canaries was 

 dead — the scull having been fractured by blows from 

 the beak of the Singing Finch, which is not much more 

 than half the size of a Canary. 



Doubtless all our readers have seen " Cage Birds," 

 if there are any who have not, I advise them to order it at 

 once. This new penny weekly is what bird-lovers have 

 desired for many years, but they scarcel}- expected to see 

 their wishes realised. Now that we have at last a paper 

 devoted entirely to " birds " (for what aviculturist really 

 consider poultry and pigeons to be " birds " at all ?) it 

 behoves us to support it to the utmost of our power. 



I trust, however, that all our members will put 

 the claims of "Bird Notes," first. We must do what 

 we can for " Cage Birds," but " Bird NoTES " is our 

 own, and we must remember that "charity begins at 

 home." 



HORATIO R. FILLMER, 



Hon. Sec: Foreign Bird Ci^ub. 



