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various specimens which might take our fancy. Any 

 birds not sold thi'ough our Magazine would be adver- 

 tised in the Fancy press, I should acknowledge receipt 

 of all offers, and should communicate with the donors 

 when their birds were sold, asking them to forward them 

 to the purchasers. Another list would be prepared for a 

 future issue, giving the donors' names and the amounts 

 their offerings realised. All birds would be kept by their 

 owners until sold, and would then be forwarded carriage 

 paid, which would onl}' amount to a few pence. All 

 money actually received in payment of birds would be 

 handed to the Treasurer, ivithoiit any deditctiofis whatever. 



It is not, of course, expected that members will offer 

 valuable birds : as long as they are healthy and fairly 

 good representatives of ttieir species, they will be appre- 

 tiated, and the ultimate result will, I confidently hope, 

 enable the Club to continue its good work, without 

 having to face a deficit which must retard its progress. 

 I shall be very pleased to inaugurate the good work, and 

 will offer the Club a Crimson-crowned Weaver in full 

 plumage and the best of health. Here I must leave the 

 matter for the kindly consideration of each member, and 

 hope that a hearty and willing response will be the 

 result. 



One word more and I must finish. Please do not let 

 us think that the Club exists outside ourselves, because 

 it is not so. We, each of us, are individual parts of a 

 collective whole, and it is only by those parts working 

 loyally together towards a coynmon good, that we can hope to 

 be that which I earnest!}^ believe is the wish of us all, 

 viz., an energetic and powerful organisation in the world 

 of foreign birds. J. A. vSwan, 



87, Ivower Kennington Lane, S.E. 



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