Editorial. 
collection is a large and representative one and evidently well 
housed and cared for. The Director of the Gardens is our 
esteemed member, Capt. S. S. Flower. We note, that, quite a 
large number of Mammals were bred, also the following birds 
have successfully reared young : Zebra Finches, 7 ; Java Sparrows, 
6 ; Dongola Sparrow, r ; Pelicans, 5 including i hybrid, probably 
P. onocrotalus + P. rufescetis ; Buflf-backed Egrets, 5 ; Barbary 
Dove, : ; Bocage's Red-eyed Dove, i ; Egyptian Palm Dove, 6 ; 
Dongola Palm Doves, 4 ; Barred Doves, 5 ; Egyptian Partridges, 
6; Purple Coots, 3. The management are to be congratulated 
on such results. We hope to note some of the special features 
of the Report, which is very comprehensive and well illustrated 
with eight excellent photographic reproductions, in our next 
issue. 
Isle of Wight Bee Disease : By request we bring the 
following to the notice of our readers : The Board of Agriculture 
and Fisheries desire to warn all bee-keepers that an outbreak of 
disease, believed to be identical with the Isle of Wight Bee 
Disease, has occurred in several hives in Buckinghamshire. This 
disease — which has destroyed almost all the bees in the Island, 
from which it takes its name — is due to a bacillus closely re- 
sembling the bacillus of Plague, and no remedy for it is known. 
It is of the utmost importance, therefore, that bee-keepers should 
take ever}' precaution to prevent the disease spreading, and they 
are strongly advised to keep a careful watch for any sign of its 
appearance. A full description of the disease was published in 
the Journal of the Board of Agriculture for February, 1909, and 
bee-keepers who find symptoms of disease corresponding to the 
description there given should communicate with the Board of 
Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 
A UNIQUE RARITY : Our esteemed member, Mr. O. Millsum, 
is the happy possessor of an Orange Pericroctus {^Pcricroclus 
flattwieus) : vide p. 48 of current vol. 
Errata: On page 98. line 5, for Oclinops read Ostinops. 
