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( I ) " Al\\a\ s Id 1)U\ from C'liili brci-dcrs, ()///\'. ;is lonj;- as llicy liavc stock for 
'■ >.iU-. uiik-ss a si)L'cial reason exists for not doing so : e.g. wlicn the 
" C'luli breeder has not a bird of the right age or sc.x for sale, or only 
•' ])()ssesses one too nearly related to the ljuycr's stock. 
(J) " 'i"o become C'ub lireeders themselves whenever i)ossible. 
(3) " Not to bn\ slock from a Clnb Ijrecder for sale al a proiit to persons not 
" members of llic I''. i'..C. 
" Club breeders lo make it a of hunour : — 
(I) "To sell nothing but sound tirst-ckiss stock such as tlic\ woukl be 
■ willing to buy themselves. 
1^2) " To make known to members l)uying from them, any defect or vice in 
■' the birds they sell. 
(3) " To maintain a stock available for sale to members over as long a period 
" of the year as i^ossible. 
(4) " To sell their stock to memljers at the lowest price they can afford. 
(5) " Not to sell sur])lus stock, not required by members, to persons known 
" to keep birds in a careless and inhumane fashion. 
" A cataloi^ue should be issued annually to all members 
" of the F.B.C., giving- brief, useful particulars of species of 
" birds kept by club breeders, the object being" to inform 
" nienibers, especially new ones, of the advantages and draw- 
" Ijacks incident to keeping' the species, and of the conditions 
" necessary to success. Such particulars would be brief, 
" description of size and plumage of bird (cock sufficient), 
" food, ability to stand cold, readiness to breed, suitability or 
" otherwise for cage life, disposition towards other birds, 
" special diseases (if any), destructiveness to plants or wood- 
" work (if any). 
" I am (|uite jirepared, for example, to offer myself as a " club breeder " 
" of Stanle\- I'arrakeets, now, as 1 have ;i fine unrelated breeding stock and 
" some spare birds for disposal. If my scheme was carried out, my name 
" would appear in each issue of ISikd Notes as long as I had stock for sale 
" thus: — Stanley Parmkcets (J', ktcrotis) Marquis of Tavistock, Warbling- 
" ton House, Havant. In the annual list or catalogue of birds bred by club 
' breeders there would be 
"Stanley I'arrakeet (I', ictcrotis). Size about that of a Kedrump or 
" Missel Thrush. Plumage brilliant but harmonious; head, neck and breast 
"crimson: upper parts marked with green and black: rump green; blue 
" in wings and tail : ) ellow cheek patches. Can be kept out of doors all 
" winter in a sunny aviary w ith an open draught-i)roof shelter. h'ooD : 
"canary, millet, hemp, ajjple, gi-oundsel. dais), plantain plaiU.s, hawthorn 
" berries, etc. lireeds reatlily, but the cock must have flying exercise 
" for several months before the breeding season. Lhisuited to permament 
" cage life. Adult pairs will not agree with an\- other weaker Parrakeet of 
