Breeding of Sidney Waxbllls. 3 



The writer will be very fully occupied during the 

 coming months, and many others will be similarly situated; 

 yet we have only tq meet these claims upon us in the same 

 spirit as those alluded to above, for the volume of " B.N.," 

 commenced with this issue, to surpass the one just completed. 

 The moments left free, by the claims of Home and Country, 

 can well be used in the furtherance of keeping our Club and 

 its Journal going. 



Undoubtedly many aviaries and collections must, for 

 the time being, be left to the care of others — someone at 

 home or an attendant— these should be asked to keep a diary 

 of all happenings, Avhich could be tabulated for our pages as 

 opportunity offers. Those in happier case, who are able 

 to fulHi the claims oT Country wh-Jt- remnining at home, 

 with all the peace and comfort this means, must feel it 

 incumbent upon them to do the major part of the work 

 (suppUing cojjy, etc.) necessary to keep things going. 



It IS a most thankless and difficult task to write a 

 forecast at such a time--^murli more might easily be written 

 and written in a fairly buoyant strain too ! It rriight be 

 classed as presumption and out of place, as possibly the 

 above may be ! However this mav be, the writer most 



certainly offers no apology for pemiing it and hopes that 

 all \vill ( ordially co-operate as far as possible during fne 

 coming year, which will then Tdc a successful one for the> 

 F.Fi.C, and bring us, 'vve hope, -lie PR.ACE we are fighting for. 



THE EDITOR. 



Breeding of Sydney Waxbills, 



By .Mrs. Stanley Gardiner. 

 In response to your request for an account of niy 

 success with 'Sydney Waxbills {Aegintfw temporalis), I only 

 regret that I can supply you with very little accurate in- 

 formation. You shall, however, have such facts as 1 know 

 myseli. My success was due to following that old adage : 

 " Leavi- well alone." 



