MAY, 1905. 



^be jfoieion Birb Club. 



NOTICES TO MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES. 



rN the current issue there are published, I believe, a greater 

 number of drawings of living birds than appear in any 

 otlier monthly magazine devoted to birds. While repro- 

 ductions of photographs (whether of nests, nesting sites, or 

 birds) are common, original drawings, even from skins or 

 mounted specimens, are not published to any great extent in 

 other periodicals, probably on account of the cost of the 

 originals. 



It should be understood that I do not wisli to imply that 

 photographs are not acceptable. Photographs for reproduc- 

 tion, of any subjects of interest to the members of the Foreign 

 Bird Club, will be gladly received V)y me and submitted to the 

 Magazine Committee for consideration. 



In this number I have inflicted an unusual amount of my 

 own composition upon our readers, but the renied}' for this 

 rests with the members and associates themselves, and I shall 

 only be too glad to set aside my own contributions, in favour 

 of those by other writers. 



The Magazine Committee have arranged that an extra 

 copy of the Magazine shall be sent to any member or associate 

 who contributes an article to " Bird NoTES." 



As the year advances, many of our members and associates 

 will be paying visits to the Continent, and I hope that they 

 will not forget the less fortunate ones at home, who like 

 to hear accounts, from personal observation, of Bee-eaters, 

 Rollers, Hoopoes, Golden Orioles, Rock - Thrushes, Blue- 

 throated Warblers, and the many other beautiful birds so 

 common on the Continent but rare in Britain. Any such 

 observations, however short, will be welcomed. 



