Editorial. 
with coniprc'lu'iisivo articles, but tliere is a (iaiigci- tliat wi iterH 
may considci-, what are called elementary details to I)e un- 
necessary—this is certainly a mistake. 
We would draw attention to two articles of general 
interest . 
\()ls III and The Food of Birds in Captivity. By 
H. U. Fiiw.MER, the Founder of the Club. 
\ ol. VI. F'eeding and Acclimatising Foreign Birds. By 
W. T. Page. 
These volumes are in stock and can Be obtained from 
the publisher by those who iiave joined the club smce their 
issue. Further a set of " Bird Notes " may be well considered 
a Vadc mccum on all phases of Bird Keeping and Breeding. 
Green fOOdS.^There seems a need for a few notes upon 
this subject, at least they are asked for. Among our members 
there will I expect be much difference of opinion. We incline 
to the opinion that it is wholesome all the year round when 
it car. be procured fresh, but it should never be given when 
tainted with frost or sodden with wet. As to wliat to give — 
in the summer the range is a very wide one, but seeding or 
flowei'ing gi'ass stands foremost for most foreigners and is 
very largely appreciated by many indigenous species too; 
all the following may be given, though I have not found Shep- 
herd's Purse to l)e much appreciated by foreign species: — 
chickweed, groundsel, dandelion (leaves and flowers), plantain, 
teazel-head, thistle-heads, lettuce and almost any non-poisonous 
garden and hedge -row weeds. During the winter months the 
mainstay will be tender lettuce, commonly know as French 
lettuce, this is tender and succulent and much appreciated 
by most species of birds, and canary, rape and millet seed sown 
in pots or pans and supplied to the birds when two or three 
inches high. A little ripe fruit is appreciated by nearly all 
species of birds throughout the year. 
Red-whi^kered BulbulS, etc.— Our esteemed member 
Dr. M. Amsler has lieen successful in rearing a brood of 
this species, really an uncommon event, for they were only 
bred for the first time in this country last year by our 
esteemed member Mr. W. E. Teschemaker. 
Dr. Amsler has also had reared in his aviaries broods 
of Siberian Bullfinches, Pelzeln's Saffron Finches, Chinese 
