Editorial. 21 



labours, but the published records of aviculture are not so 

 complete as they should or might be; also the contents of the 

 Club Journal are not so varied as they might be. We press 

 these points upon members. 



There is a repeated request for lists of mixed collections, 

 together with the size and descri])tion of the aviary they are 

 kept in. and details as to the deportment of the birds under the 

 condilions existing. There are quite a numlier of members 

 who could contribute such information; such would not merely 

 supply a known need, but greatly increase the interest and 

 practical utility of our Journal. 



True. Bird Xo'iks has not retrograded, and recent 

 volumes, though issued in difficult times, compare favourably 

 v.ith former ones, but " B.X." would be z-asilv increased in 

 interest and utility if the number of our contributors were 

 (loubled or trebled. That it is not so is merely the result of a 

 though':!ess slackness on the part of a portion of our membe'"- 

 s!np. that is content so long as a good Journal is maintained. 

 We trust members will carefully consider these facts. We 

 ought to go farther than merely to please and interest 

 otu"selves ; we ought to stand for progressive aviculture, and 

 this can only be as all contribute their quota of experience, data, 

 etc. Again we press these points upon the careful considera- 

 tion of all our members. 



We hope the Club Breeders' Scheme will make much 

 progress during the present year. A catalogue is in course 

 of preparation, and will appear at an early date. 



Only a little more sustained interest on the part of all 

 — especially on the part of those who. hitherto, have been 

 content to receive and read their magazine with interest month 

 by month, without doing anything to extend its power ana 

 usefulness or maintain its standard of merit — is necessary to 

 ensure a virile club contributing annually to the store of avicul- 

 tural lore. 



Members are requested to carefully read the Notices to 

 Club Members in the pink inset month by month. Those in 

 the present issue are specially important. 



