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The Secret of Keeping Goiildia/i Finches. 
torily explained them. We do hope oiu' members will not 
leave it to a few walling hands. I think the points most 
/ikely to throw light on the sul)ject are as follows: 
{o) Whether the l)ird was an imi)Orted or an aviary 
l>red one ? 
(]}) The ai)proxiniate dates of their births or arrivals? 
((•) How had they l)een treated: (I), Prior to eomnig 
into your possession; (2), Afterwards, esi)ecially 
as regards: 
{c/~> Accommodation, what have they had as regards 
heat, hmer and outer llights, what are the pre- 
vailing winds of the district, what soil and 
subsoil ? 
(c) Was it, or is it kept in cage or aviary? 
(/) Have they nested, if so, with what result? 
(/i) Any othei points' you may think worth noting: 
(i) The cause of death if known. 
(/) Any details that can be given as regards longevity 
of any young that have been reared. 
In mentioning birds distinction should be made be- 
tv»'eeii the sexes. 
If we can get sulhcient data under these dilTerent 
headings we shall he^ a long way towards solving the problem. 
[We would urge all who have kept Gouldians at all, 
to respond to the request for data as to their experiences with 
them- it is by such means that we can mutually help each 
other and also aviculture sjenerally, and, we again urge mem- 
bers not to prove unresjonsive, but to seriously co-operate 
in the solving of this, and in the future, we hope, other 
similar problems.--- Ed,] , 
♦ 
An Easter Tour Among Members' Aviaries. 
By Weslky T. F.Z.S., Etc. 
At the beginning of April, our Member, Mr. G. E. 
Haggle, of Oxford, wrote and asked me if I could spare 
about ten days to accompany him on a motor tour in the 
south and west, and, that it would lie nice to view as many 
aviaries as possible en route. Well, I consented, and in 
consequence the club had to put up with the late appear- 
