Reviews and Notices of N ezv Books. 
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enquiries re this matter. To make all clear we repeat tin- 
conditions. 
1. All articles printed in Bird Notes, save those written by the 
Hon. Editor, will be judged by the Awards Committee 
indiscriminately— the competition commences with this 
issue, and terminates with June 1921 issue, after which, as 
early as possible the result will be publshed in our pages. 
2. The committee will make their award on the basis of practical 
utility rather than mere literary merit. 
Aviculture is made up of a multitude of small details, 
therefore those members who closely observe and record 
detailedly the various episodes occurring in their aviaries will be 
writing articles of practical utility — this applies to any and every 
phase of aviculture. 
We trust the above will make the conditions of the com- 
petition quite clear to all. 
Major Snape's object in offering these prizes is to increase 
the number of contributors to Bird Notes, and it will depend 
on the extent to which this is realised, whether his offer will be 
repeated or not. 
Nesting Notes : Pressure upon our space excludes 
these this month, but all will appear in our next issue. 
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Reviews and Notices of New Boohs. 
OUR RESIDENT BIRDS AND HOW TO KNOW 
THEM: By E. F. M. Elms, illustrated with 29 photos from 
nature. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 15, Bedford 
Street, Strand, W.C., 2; 6s. net. 
Books on British Birds are legion, and yet another one 
has just been issued. It is well conceived and will serve 1 
useful purpose. Its scope is Our Resident Birds, and the plan 
of the book is as follows : 
First, to group the birds under their main habits, as follows : 
T. Birds of the gardens, orchards, and cultivated districts. 
II. Birds of the woods and well-wooded districts. 
III. Birds of the commons, downs, moorland and mountain- 
ous districts. 
