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THE


Avicultural Magazine,


BEING THE JOURNAL OF

THE AVICULTURAL SOCIETY.


Third Series. —Vol. IX.—No. 12 .—All rights reserved. OCTOBER, 1918.



THE TURNING TIDE.


“ Prospice, aspice, respice,” ran the old Roman saying—“ Look

at the future, look at the present, look at the past.” In this spirit,

on the conclusion of the present volume with the present number,

the Society may well pause—and rejoice—to take stock of the

situation. The Council is to be congratulated, for at the meeting

last week “ eclipse plumage ” was laid aside. Once more we go

forward. The size of the Magazine is increased with this number,

and a further addition of pages will be made in due course. “ The

worst is over.”


Reverting to our proverb, the past is already recorded in

these pages. As for the present, the Editor warmly thanks his

contributors for their most valuable assistance, both with papers

and photographs. The scope of the Magazine has widened, the

influence of the Society has increased, its policy is known the world

over; still truly avicultural in the widest and best sense, it is not

limited to the mere study of cage-birds, but has taken its rightful

place among the zoological activities of the world.


It is very gratifying to note the latest phase in which the

generosity of our contributors is impelling them to defray the cost

of illustrating their articles. In this way they greatly benefit the

Illustration Fund, so that we can increase not only the amount of

letterpress, but even the number of plates in each issue.


The annual subscription to the Magazine will in future be £i

(one pound).



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