Editorial. 59 



Tlie-;o aro tho ])i-iiici|)li"s wliif'i I'avo c^ovorno], nnd will 

 g-ovni'n, tho 7no!l,-il awai'd- (liiriiii,'- tli" comiiiii^ yoar. For tho 

 benoCit of )\ow jiiomhcrs, wn lopi'inl (he regulations l)olow: 



1 . — Spkciks: Tlie young must he reared to bo indo- 

 [londoiit of their parents. Whon 1 a'ch'd and reared by arti- 

 fioial UK'atis, or by- Tostor-paronts tli" rooord is not eligible 

 for the modal; oxcopt in Mio oaso of parasitic species'. 



2.— IIybhids: For any cross not p.-ovfously reared be- 

 tweei: any two species; the domoslic Canary as one of the. 

 parents alone being excepted. A cross between any two 

 species is only once recognised, e.g., Parson Finch + Long- 

 tailed Grass-finch and Long-tailed Orassfinch -|- Parson Finch, 

 are reckoned a-; tho same hybrid, and whicliever was secured 

 first would hold the record. Foster parents barred. 



3. — As detailed an account of tho success as possible 

 must be sent foi- publication in " P)ird Notes,"' as soon as 

 possilile after the young are fending for themselves. 



It has been suggested that all awards should be made 

 at the end of the season and after all the accounts of "the 

 respective events have been published in the club journal 

 — this course will most probably be followed, as the sugges- 

 tion will be submitted to the next Council meeting. 



Wc venture to hope that all our members will aim, 

 not merely at securing sufricicnt data to secure the medal, 

 but at obtaining the utmost data possible of all the birds they 

 keep- with the aid of the' brooding list published in our last 

 volume all should know whon tlioy aro probably entitled 

 to a modal for broorling a Species or irybi'irl for the first, 

 time in Great Britain. 



The foregoing is merely to explain our position with 

 respect to the medals, and we sincerely hope members will 

 periodically send in records of Aviary Episodes, etc., and 

 not merely consider the medal events alone as worthy of a place 

 in ou'^ Magazine; there is much of interest yet to record of 

 species which have been bred regu'arly for some years past. 

 A pregnant question for all is: Do we contribute as many 

 new data as we can annually, or is there any attempt 

 made to solve questions of ornithological interest, as we might 

 (ough*; to) do? 



