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SEPTEMBER, 1910. 
The Foreign Bird Club. 
Notices to Members. 
Nesting Notes and Breeding Records : We urge upon all members to 
send in notes of their birds during the past season, even mere attempts and 
partial successes, as well as complete success in the rearing of young, are all 
alike full of instruction and interest. Moreover as there are still many 
comparatively common or well known species that have not yet been bred 
in this country, members who do not keep lists of such records, may find 
themselves entitled to a medal for breeding a species or hybrid for the 
first time in Great Britain. 
Aviaries and Birds : These still continue one of the most interesting 
features of our club Journal, and from correspondence received there is still 
a call for more. Will those who have not yet contributed notes on their 
aviaries and birds, kindly do so ? 
Meetings at tlie Zoo : The last of these for the current year will take 
place on Saturday, September 17th. Rendezvous : Small Birds' House at 
2-30 p.m. A copy of " B.N." carried in the hand forms a ready means of 
recognition. 
Accounts of Uncommon Species : Our esteemed member, Mr. W. H. 
Pickles has writtea stating tluit he is sure many members would like the 
descriptions of rare or uncommon species to be given in our Journal from 
time to time, so that when such reach the market they may be recognised. 
We shall be only too pleased to give effect thereto, and it appears to us that 
the mo.st practical means of doing so, would be for members to send in the 
names of such species as they would like described, and then as soon as 
practical the description would appear. 
WESLEY T. PAGE, Hon. Editor. 
H. WILLFORD, Hon. Bus. Sec. 
Editorial. 
(See page 268 in body of Magazine). 
Our Responsibility : We would again draw our members' attention 
to the conditions of importation and also the housing of birds in many 
dealers' shops, some of which are mere hotbeds of in fection). We cannot ade- 
quately deal with the subject in this issue, as only just on going to press has 
the matter been brought to our notice again, and we think much good could 
be done by discussing the matter in our pages — a 7iome de plume could be 
used by any who preferred to remain i7icog/iita — and we hope many will give 
their views and experiences. 
One thing is quite clear, the responsibility is ours, if there were no 
buyers thei-e certainh/ would be no sellers, and as a body we certainlj' ought to 
see that needless suffering is not inflicted upon the birds with our cognizance. 
