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Chin, neck, and npiier breast, —reddish lii'own. 
Lower chest and abdomen — gi-eyish tiiifjed wi!h pa'.c bniwn, 
the feiither.s having central dark streaks. 
Sides of body— fawn becoming' dark ?^rey [jnstctioi-ly . 
Under tail coverts — dirty white faintly tinj^cd fawn. 
Back — greyish brown . 
Wing coverts and (lights -dark brown to black, edited lighter 
brown or fawn. 
Tail — brownish black. 
Thighs — greyish white. 
Legs and feet — grey blue. 
Iris — brown. 
When I left home it seemed to have commenced moult- 
ing. The egg was large for the size of bird and was spotted 
and coloured similarly to that of the Chaffinch . 
Book Notices and Reviews. 
Canaries, Hybrids, and British Birds in Cage and Aviary.— 
Cassell and Co., in monthly parts, 7d. net. 
Part VI. — A more than usually interesting part; the chaptej- 
on " Hatching and Bearing " is completed and a chapter on " The 
Canary's Plumage and moulting " is commenced. The half-tone and 
text illustrations are excellent and practical, and among many others 
(ve may mention Breeding Cages, Flight Cages, Utensils. Rirdrooms, 
and full page plates of Sparrows and Lizard Canaries. The frontis- 
piece is a coloured plate of Lancashire Canaries, figuring the BuIT 
Plainhead and Yellow Coppy varieties. 
[Wc regret having to hold over several reviews till next 
issue. — Eu.y. 
Editorial. 
The Ms^azine.— We would draw the special attention of 
all to the letter signed E. B. H. in Correspondence columns, 
referring to Magazine articles. While perhaps tlie statements 
arc a little too sweeping, yet the fact remains Ihai' the wrilcr 
raise:! an important issue, specially so in a Society like the 
F. B. C, which month by month is receiving a steady acces.sion 
to its numbers, the majority of whom are not established 
aviculturists, but are comparatively recent adherents to the 
