67 
SEPTEMBER, 1914. 
The Foreign Bird Club. 
Notices to Members. 
The Magazine : In the current issue we are pleased to state 
that general articles have suppressed the Editorial Notes ; however, many 
of these will appear in October issue. The coloured plates are now 
delivered but did not come to hand in time for this issue. One of them 
— Parrot Finches — will appear with October issue. Post Mortem Eeports 
appear below — owing to the holiday sen son, the.se did not come to hand 
in time to appear in the Magazine, and have had to be placed at the last 
moment in the inset. 
The War : We do not propose to enlarge iipon this xinhappy 
conflict, at this juncture : our members are to be found upon both sides ; 
very many are bearing the brunt of this awful struggle, while others, we 
expect, have had their homes, etc., devastated in the conflict, e.g., Mons, 
Pauvvels and E . Godry ; Le Comte de Segur has lost a consignment of 
Humming Birds through inattention, consequent upon the excitement of 
hearing of the war on arrival at Havre — but these are after all but 
insignificant episodes, though real enough to those concerned, in the general 
horror and devastation, that has so colossally befallen Europe ; however, 
this is not the place to enlarge upon this harrowing picture. The Hon. 
Editor solicits the help of all, both as to copy for the Magazine, dona- 
tions to the Illustration Fund, and deficit, etc., that we may quietly 
go forward till happier times supervene. 
Club Medals : We think the following are entitled to medals 
for rearing the following species and hybrids for the first time in Greati 
Britain 
Species : — « 
Cactus Conure (Conurus cactorum), Dr. Lovell-Keays. 
All Green Parrakeet (Brotogerys tirica), Dr. Lovell-Keays. 
Dwarf Weaver (Sitagra luteola), W. Shore Baily. 
Sulphury Seed -eater (Serinus sulphuratus), W. Shore Baily. 
Sharp-tailed Finch (Uroloncha acuticauda), R. Suggitt. 
Lesser Grey-headed Guan {Ortalis vetula), R. Suggitt. 
Hybrids : — 
Tri- colour Mannikin X Bengalese, W. A. Bainbridge. 
Silverbill X Bronze Mannikin, Mrs. M. Boyd. 
Greenfinch X Sikhim Siskin, W. Shore Baily. 
R«d -vented X Red -eared Bulbul, Miss A. 13. Smyth. 
Grey X White -throated Finch, R. Suggitt. 
Some of the accounts of the above successes have already ap- 
peared in the Club Journal, the remainder will appear in due course. 
After being considered by the Awards Committee, the medals awarded 
will be distributed at the end of the year. In the interim, if any 
