Editorial. 
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Editorial. 
The Prospkct. — This is certainly as bri.ulit as could be 
expected in these unsettled times. The war has passed, but 
re-construction is not yet complete, and though the outlook is 
not free from difficulty, we feel that the majority of the members 
will be at one with us. that these difficulties are to be triumphed 
over and not succumbed to; and will all rally round the F.B.C. 
banner and prevent any curtailment of its programme or 
usefulness. 
The futiu'e is certainly not distant when the issue of the 
Club Journal, Bird Notes, will be less costly and difficult, 
though pre-war level may be in the quite distant future. 
If the prospect is to be realised all must do their part. 
Any of our members who have their aviaries going, though 
much less pretentiously than in the past, must commimicate to 
the Club Journal the doings of their birds and all aviary epi- 
sodes ; not allowing false modesty to hinder their pen. 
The acquisition of rare or uncommon species, should be 
recorded in Bird Notes, and the birds described. 
If the present bulk of Bird Note.s and the number of its 
illustrations are to be maintained some help will have to be 
given by way of the Illustration Fund, for. even the increased 
subscription does not cover the present cost of Bird Notes. 
The points wherein we failed last year, as stated in The 
Rcfrosf^cct and Secretary's Report in last issue, must be noted 
and remembered, and an effort made to avoid them, or supply 
what was lacking, if we are to take full advantage of the 1921 
Prospect. 
This prospect is in our hands (this includes not merely the 
officers of the Club, hjit every individual member) to make or 
mar. 
Which shall it be ? 
