OCTOBER, 1914. 
The Foreign Bird Club. 
Notices to Members. 
TiiK AIagazixe : Again we arc pleased to state that press of 
copy has excluded Editorial and other notes ; but the season's nesting- 
notes, etc., will be brought up to date in November issue. At the same 
time members must not conclude that we have too much copy ! It is 
essential that there should always be a good supply of copy in ?iand, 
so that choice is always possible, and in the respective issues neither the 
purely avieultural, nor the purely ornithological unduly prevail. Our 
coloured frontispiece this month is not of the usual type, but, we hop^ 
none the less practical and interesting. The accompanying notes are 
merely a cursor3- review of the genus Erythrura : the species known to 
aviculture will be dealt with in November and -following issues, and that 
the result may be a comprehensive one, the Hon. Editor solicits notes 
from those members who have kept any of the following species : 
Common Parrot Pinch {Erythrnra psittacm). 
Pintail Parrot Finch {E . prasina). 
Three-coloured Parrot Finch (E . trichroa). 
Peale's Parrot Finch {E . peaJii). 
He hopes that- many will respond and that not merely breeding 
successes will be recorded, but also partial successes, disasters, general 
treatment and conditions under which the birds were kept will be fully given, 
then there should be some practical result therefrom. If this series runs 
into next volume so much the better, as there is plenty of scope, especi- 
ally as the Pin-tailed Parrot Finch (Pin-tailed Nonpareil) is one of the 
best known species and largely kept, and we hope very many of our 
members, including those of the Medical and Veterinary professions, will 
respond . 
Illustration .and Deficit Funds : We make no apology for 
keeping these funds before our Member, even in these critical times. 
