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plied during- tlie first week or more, in faet till you see them 

 eating heartily of the ordinary aviary foods. 



I Tiave purposely kept these notes to a limited space 

 as I desire that others who have kept and po:-isil>ly bred them 

 will give their experience. 



DHD 



Editorial. 



A Retrospe t: This i>sue brings us to the idose of 

 another volume of our Club Journal, which, as we think, all 

 will agree, in variety and practical interest fully equals any 

 of its predecessors. 



It contains five coloured plates, viz.: .Indian White-eye; 

 Fairy Blue-bird; Blue-rumped Parrot; Melba and Red-faced 

 Finches; and Red-breasted Flycatcher, all by Mr. Goodchild. 

 Our half-tone and line illustrations have been very numerous, 

 and wl.iilc some photos do not reproduce as well as otlyers, yet 

 the quality has been good all round. They have depicted Wild 

 Bird Life — Aviaries and Plans — Aviary Nesting Episodes, and 

 other features of aviculture. We have again to acknowledge 

 our indebtedness to H. Willford, Esq., for allowing us to repro- 

 duce many of his beautiful photos of wild bird-life and to 

 many others for interesting pholos of nests and other features 

 of bird-life in the aviary. In our text we are assured that 

 there has been matter for both the aviculturist and the orni- 

 thologist, while topics or elementary aviculture have not been 

 wanting — the tyro is ever with us and he has not been neg- 

 lected. To all contributors of copy and illustration we tender 

 our best thanks. 



A number of species have been bred for the first time 

 in Great Bri ain Ivy our membersj but as the 114 is not complete, 

 we shall refer to this matter in our next issue. While on this 

 topic wc again strongly urge our members to secure the fullest 

 possible data concerning all nesting and other episodes that 

 i^ake place in our aviaries, so that no possible data will be 

 lacking. We venture to think more might have been done 

 in this direction and trust our members will take fullest iws- 

 sible notes dui'ing 1914. Copy of this kind is most valuable 

 and tends to greatly enhance the value of your Journal. 



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