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Ediforial. 
Quails, Common Avadavats, and three broods of Parrot Finches, 
and Gold-breasted Waxbills are incubating. He kindly promises 
us an account of thcie successes for a later issue. 
To Contributors — We regret — even with a heavy issue 
— tliat we have had to divide several articles and hold over 
infeiT^ting Correspondence, Book Reviews, etc., till next issue. 
Potato Disease.— The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 
desire to rt'niind growers of potatoes that it is their duty 
under the Destructive Insects and Pests Order of 1910 ,to 
report to the Board all outlireaks of Wart Disease, otherwise 
known as Black Scab of potatoes, Cauliflower Disease, 
Fungus," etc., in counti(>-s in which no ofRi/cr has as yet 
l)een appointed by the Local Authority to ret-eive reports. The 
penalty for neglecting to report disease is £10. 
The presence of disease should be again reported this 
year notwithstanding the fact that it may liave existed and 
been reported last year. 
A leaflet descril)ing the disease may be obtained pn 
application to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 
4, Whitehall Place. Letters so addressed need not be stamped. 
(Continued m inset). 
BRITISH BIRDS. 
The Rearing of Blue Tits for Beginners. 
We much regret that in this article by Mrs. E. Warren 
Vernon, two paragraphs towards the end got mixed together 
hy the printers when making up into pages, thus making this 
portion very disconnected {vide pp. 203 — 4) — we reprint the 
two paragraphs as a correction. — Ed. 
Two days after, while the cage was being cleaned, they 
both slipped out through a tiny hole in the bottom, and though 
I tried for a long time, it was impossible to re -capture the 
little imps. As the babies were much younger than the first 
lot, and wanted feeding oftener, I thought I would try an 
experiment, so I took them upstairs and i)ut tliem into the 
nest with the six older birds. It was a stjuash, but, tho" it is 
verj' surprising, the fact remains, that dear Maria fed tlic 
twelve birds right away, and has gone on doing so ever since, 
and they begin to come out of their nest now. 
