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attained by the generous financial help of many members, far 
in excess of their annual subscriptions, and even with this'^ 
assistani-c we have a relic of the past in the form of a deficit'.. 
How can this l>e best dealt with? By all ])eing indefatig-' 
able in gathering in new Memljers, and by giving your Hon. 
Treasurer a double income this year, to clear off all incubus, 
and i)rovide for some go-ahead work in coloured plates, etc., and 
promptly paying current year's subscriptions, so that he m.ay 
have funds to punctually meet all claims against us. 8urely 
the position we have attained to (vide Roll), and the Journal 
we issue is worth this effort, both to establish what has been 
already achieved and to help us forward to a steadily progres- 
sive future (vide Notices to Members in inset) l)oth as to 
numbers and influence. 
The Foeeign Bied Club, as its name indicates, is, 
so far as exhibition purposes go, limited to Foreion species, 
but there the limit ends, for as Bird -keepers or Aviculturists 
we are a Society for the purposes of keeping, breeding, and 
studying all species of birds, and our .Journal, " BIRD 
NOTES," is fuUy comprehensive to the utmost extent — its pages 
are open to all species of the world's birds and all appertain-: 
ing thereto, both as to their life in their native wilds and in 
captivity. 
We are desirous of extending the meetings of members. 
In the past the'^e have 'been limited to the Zoo, but on January 17 
the first (of a sei'ies we hope) meeting at tlie British Museum 
will take place, when by the courtesy of the Museum author- 
ities, the skins of the Weaver Group will l>e on display in the 
Bird Room. In the spring and summer the meetings at the 
London Zoo (at other centres too, we hojie) will l)e resumed. 
The date of the Annual Dinner will be duly announced. 
^ We solicit your help and co-operation in the year's 
programme, as indicated above, both as to its financial and 
literarj- aspect. 
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British Bird Calendar. 
If is nrgoilh/ rpquested that Meinhers from all round tlie coast inill 
note the movements nf hinls, more, especialb/ in the Southern and Eastern 
Counties, and reijnlarhi {2Sth of each month) send in their notes— on this the 
ultimate success and permanent interest of the Calendar will depend— 
