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Book Notices and Reviews. 



Canaries, HyiuuDs, axij Brit'sii Birds in Cage and Aviary. 

 — Cassell and Co. In monthly parts, 7d. net. 



Part XV. An excellent coloured plate— figuring Tree Creeper, 

 Eay's Wagtail, Skylark, and Meadow Pipit— forms the frontispiece. 

 The text consists of the chapters on " The German and' Roller 

 Canary"; "British Finch and Canary Hybrids"; "Breeding Finch- 

 Canary Hybrids " and " Hybrids Between Two British Birds." The 

 text is iffustrated with figures of typical and notable specimens 

 of the varieties dealt with in the text. An interesting, practical 

 and comprehensive part. 



My Foreign Doves and Pigeons.— By Miss Eosie Alderson. 

 London. Mrs. Comwyns-Lewer, 4 Arundel Street, Strand, W.C. 

 3s. 6d. net. 



To all interested in Foreign Doves and Pigeons, this hand- 

 book by our esteemed member should be specially welcome. It is 

 certainly one of the most practical and interesting we have read- - 

 from cover to cover it is experience that speaks, for Miss Alderson 

 only describes such species as she has actually kept, I)ut as these 

 number over 40 species, many of which have successfully reared 

 young in her aviaries, it will be seen that the book is very 

 comprehensive. The chapters on General Management, Housing, 

 Feeding, Nesting, Packing and Sending Away, — Nursing in Sickness 

 and Accident, are very full and complete. "We really cannot praise 

 it too highly— in fact all appertaining to keeping Foreign Doves 

 and Pigeons in ca])tivity is told in plain and simple language, 

 from How to, and kind of aviary to build, to the minutest detail 

 of their daily life. There are 100 illustrations of aviaries and 

 birds, mostly photographic reproductions. We strongly advise all 

 our readers to promptly secure a copy. 



Editorial. 



Nesting Notes: It would a/jpear that the present 

 season would be a very successful one all-round, the past few 

 weeks of really warm weather should mean the successful rear- 

 ing- of many interesting broods, though some districts have been 

 visited by heavy storms, by which several nests were flooded 

 and broods perished. 



DiucA Finches and Mexican Buntings: Our esteemed 

 member Capt. G. Rice^ achieves the lirst notable success in 

 two instances. I think he is entitled to the Club's Medal for 

 breeding these two species, on sending in as detailed an account 



