COUNCIL'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1921


The year which ends with this number has been one of the most

difficult of the so-called ' : peace " years ; but the Society has come

through the ordeal, and rather than look back at the trials of the past

we should look forward to the future with confidence and hope, seeing

the signs that are visibly pointing to a real revival of aviculture. Several

large consignments of birds have come into this country in the course

of the year, and the importation of foreign species is the most important

factor in the support of the Society, for without birds to keep aviculture

alive we can neither get contributions to our Magazine nor hope to

secure new members. The difficulties of the present time have caused

many aviculturists to give up their hobby and resign their membership,

and unless these resignations can be made good, it will be impossible

to enlarge the Magazine so long as the cost of production remains as

high as it is at present. It is to be hoped, therefore, that members will

do their best to induce their friends to join the Society and will send

the Editors accounts of the doings of their birds, so as to help to get

back to the davs of a Magazine of thirty-two pages and a coloured plate.


Signed for the Council,


J. Lewis Bonhote,

Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.



