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JANUARY, 1908. 



^he f oreian Birb Club. 



NOTICES TO MEMBERS. 



No one having responded as willing to serve on the Council, 

 the three vacancies occurring therein must be filled by invita- 

 tion. The Council and Officers for 1908-9 will be published in 

 our next issue, the last of Vol. VI. 



The Comniiltee express their thanks for those who have so 

 generously responded to the appeal on behalf of Illustration 

 Fund, but as these constitute but a small portion of our 

 membership, and further help is needed, they respectfully urge 

 those who have not yet subscribed to the fund to do so; all 

 benefit by the increase of text and illustrations in the Magazine, 

 and the Committee hope that there will be a liberal response, it 

 being extremely undesirable that a heavy burden should fall on 

 any one or two, whereas if all will do a little, it will fall 

 heavih' on none. 



May we urge that the present is a good time to make 

 the effort to materialh' increase our membership. If each 

 member would see that every Foreign Bird Keeper in their 

 locality is acquainted with the existence and objects, etc., of 

 the Foreign Bird Club, the object would soon be attained. 

 The Editorial Secretar}' will post a specimen copy of the 

 Magazine to those likely to become members if the addresses 

 of such are sent to him. 



Finance is the only cause of difficulty in the Club's affairs, 

 and we feel assured this will soon be surmounted by an 

 increase of membership if all will join in the effort to obtain 

 same. " Many hands make light work " in this and every 

 other section of the Club's affairs, even including copy for the 



