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the Raptores feed tlieir newly hatched young is one of the most

attractive things about them.


This booklet errs on the side of brevity ; to wish there was more

is the chief art of letter-writing, and evidently Mr. Brook considers that

Sam Weller’s philosophy applies equally to books.


E. L. Turner.



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Dear Dr. Renshaw, —I heartily approve of the new policy of

returning to purely avicultural matters, and I think that most of our

members will do so too. It will be good to get our Magazine back to

its old form, and though it will make those who, like myself, are still

debarred from keeping birds feel sorely envious, I hope we shall hear

of many breeding successes. I see that Yellow-winged Sugar-birds are

again obtainable; perhaps some lucky person will succeed with them

now. — Yours sincerely,


Ethel F. Chawner.


Dear Dr. Renshaw, — I quite agree that we do want more true

avicultural articles, as one of the most valuable aspects of such a Society

as ours is to put on record the behaviour of any given species during

the whole period of incubation and the rearing of the young in a way not

possible, at any rate, in the majority of foreign species in the wild

state.—Sincerely yours,


T. H. Newman.


Dear Dr. Graham Renshaw, — There is a pretty general

feeling among members that it would be an advantage if the

Magazine could contain a greater proportion of definitely avicultural

articles. I should like to support this, as I feel that the success of

a publication like ours depends largely upon the preservation of its

original character. Observations on foreign birds in a natural state are

often interesting and helpful, but notes on common British birds we

do not want unless the observer has really got something original

to record. — Yours truly,



Tavistock.



