NOVEMBER, 1915. 
The Foreign Bird Club. 
Notices to Members. 
Thi' CorNCii. : As several of the Council are serving with the Colours, 
and our rules permit of a Council of twenty-four, Mr. W. Shore Uaily is 
nominated therefore so as to brinj; the Council up to full streng-tli. 
Messrs. R. Suggitt and W. F< . Temple retire by seniority, ijut are 
eligible for re-election. 
Brkkuing Medals: From the list given in our notice in last issue 
two must l>e deleted, viz. : The Occipital Blue-Pie and the Bearded Tit, 
both of which were bred previously, but never recorded. This should surely 
make clear to all the importance of recording the various successes, epi- 
sodes, etc., which take place in their aviaries — had this been done, ;i 
keen disappointment would h ave been spared the members concerned, though 
the members generally will greatly appreciate the interesting and informa- 
tive accounts, we have had from the pens of Dr. Amsler and Dr. Lovell- 
Keay.« about their success with these two species. Naturally the gcAtlemen 
concxined would have preferred to have devoted their efforts to other 
species and the fact of Occipital Blue-Pies and Bearded Tits having been 
bred before been made public, as it should have been. To the list must 
be added :— The Chinese Greenfinch {Chloric sinica)—W<i . Shore-Baily. An 
article will appear in our next issue. 
WESLEY T. PAGE, Eon. Editor. 
SIDKEY WILLIAMS. Hon. Bus. Sec. and Treas. 
♦ 
Post Mortem Reports. 
]'/(!/' Rules, aee Page 2 af rover. 
PiNK-cHEKK Waxbui. Q, and ^VAD.WAT ^ (P. I'. Harvey, Seven 
Kings, Essex). Both died from acute congestion of the lungs, which is 
not rare in acclimatised birds at this time of the year.' .\ very low tem- 
peratijre, noi accompanied by wet, does not do so much harm as chilly wet 
weather. Birds withstanding a prolonged frost and snow often succumb 
at the thaw. In bird-keeping one must hope for the best while cxpec'ing 
the worst. It is full of charms as well as disappointments. 
.Java Sparrow (Mrs. Baker, Swinton, Yorksi. The cause of death 
was pneumonia.. 
Cordon Bii-t: O (Miss K. Webb, Cambridge). The cause of death 
was entiritis. It is not infectious. 
ORANGE-HF.ADF.n Cround-Thru.sh (G. Scott Frecland, Tonbiidge). Ciusc 
of death, chronic inflammation of liver. 
H. GRAY, .MR. CVS 
