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My present pair reared me one young bird last season, all 

 three have been out of doors all the winter, and that they are 

 ill the best of health, is evidenced by the fact of a young bird 

 having been reared so early in the season. From a private 

 letter I learn that Mr. Teschemaker's Blackcaps and Plovers 

 laid their first eggs on April 5th and 6th respectively. As will 

 be seen from his interesting article in this issue, this member 

 has already succeeded in breeding the Yellow-rumped Serin 

 {Seriuns angoletisis), this being, I believe, the first time they 



have been bred in this country. 



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"BIRD LIFE OF THE BORDERS": This well known 

 work by Mr. Abel Chapman has been out of print for some 

 years. It has now been largely re-written and has a number of 

 additional illustrations. Messrs. Gurney and Jacksou have it 

 in the press, and it will, we understand, be published by the 

 time these notes appear. Brimful of interest, it should be in 



the library of every student of bird life. 



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THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE have published a new 

 edition of their leaflet on the Black Currant Mite, giving fnll 

 details as to the eradication of this pest. It will be sent post 

 free on application, and letters, addressed as under, need not be 

 stamped. The vSecretar}', Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 

 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 



IPo5t riDoitem IRcports. 



[Vide Rules). 



Diamond vSparrow (Miss M. Gibbons). The cause of death 

 was due to congestion of the right lung. 



Hen Canary (Dr. George Master). The cause of death was 

 due to heart failure in consequence of the excessive fatty 

 condition of the whole body. The shell of the egg in the 

 oviduct was soft and therefore not quite mature. Stop 

 hemp and inga seed. I find canary and German summer 

 rape quite sufficient for caged Canaries. 



H. Gray, m.r.c.v.s. 



