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Practical Bird Keeping.—A New Departure.


Dr. A. G. Butler—whose writings are so well-known and

whose knowledge is so exceptional—has kindly consented to

write the first of these articles, when he will deal with Foreign

Finches, and those of our members who have already enjoyed

his wise advice and benefited by his practical knowledge, will

realise how much we are to be congratulated in securing his

co-operation.


Under the heading of Practical Bird Keeping we shall also

open a column for Correspondence, and hope our members will

take every advantage of it, not only to ask any questions which

they want answered, but to criticise and add to any points of

agreement or disagreement in the previous articles ; to send in

their own experience on some moot question, and to raise any

problem which may present itself.


In addition to these two features, we hope to persuade our

members to combine to provide matter for a third, where, under

the heading of “Notes” they will send in periodically and with¬

out a personal request, notes relating to their own birds and

aviaries. Most, if not all our members, must have a few such

notes which they could contribute, not enough perhaps to form

an article in themselves, but sufficiently interesting to be worth

recording. It is more difficult than members perhaps realise,

for the Editor to know which, ont of the four hundred members

of the Society, are in a position to send in such information, and

it would be of very great assistance to the whole Society if such

members would voluntarily and without waiting for a personal

suggestion contribute the result of their own experiences.


The first number of the Magazine containing this new

development will appear in January, 1911. The Editor will be

glad to receive any correspondence, notes, or suggestions for

publication in this number up to December 16th, 1910.



