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last entry on the list the place of the Show is omitted — 

 it is Hull. The Manchester and Northern Counties Orui- 

 thological Society has tzvo Gold Medals, not one. 



Members will notice that at Shows marked in this 

 month's list with an asterisk, one Gold Medal is for com- 

 petition among those who have never won a Medal of the 

 Club. 



I do hope all the Shows at which our Medals are 

 given will be heartily supported. The Show Committees 

 have given a good classification — they have ventured 

 much in the hope that they will get the entries, and we 

 have liberally given the Medals, and they must be 

 liberally supported. The Medals given at these Shows 

 should result in a great augmentation of the membership 

 of our Club— such as I hoped for twelve months ago. 



My ambitions as to our membership are by no means 

 near their fulfilment. I feel that the work of your Com- 

 mittee and Officers deserves to be rewarded by greater 

 energ}' on the part of the members in securing new 

 subscribers. Will each do his best to send on at least one 

 introduction ? I want to make a record report at the end 

 of our year. 



The London Cage Bird Association's Show at the 

 Royal Aquarium is the final one at tliat place, as the 

 building has been acquired by the Wesleyans. Where 

 the Association will hold their next show remains to be 

 seen, but at all events I hope thev will this time have 

 a record entry of British birds and hybrids. The 

 Club lias made a record grant of Medals, for there are no 

 less than five to be competed for. So don't forget the 

 final meeting of the Champions at the Roj-al Aquarium. 



Let me remind vSecretaries of Shows that I am 

 expecting from each of them an advertisement in at 

 least one issue of " Bird Notes." I am only making a 

 nominal charge of 2/- fertile same. 



Will members encourage me a little by sending me 

 copy for the Magazine more freely ? Experiences, 



