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Rules re Breeding Medals. 
1. The I'MI.C'. Mcciai lor I Irci-dins^' a S!ll.■cic^ or ll>l)rid for llie firsl tiiiU' in 
captivity in (iroat I'.ritaiii, will hr awarded on tin- lollowiiig conditions 
only : 
(a) As detailed an account of the success as j)ossil)le must be sent 
lor publication in BiKU Notks as soon as the young- can fend for 
themselves. 
(h) The Awards Coniniitlee, whose decision shall be final, to make 
the awards from the Secretary's data, and the puiilished articles record- 
ing successes. 
(c> The awards will be made, and the meilals distributed at the 
close of each successive season, or as soon afterwards as the publica- 
tion of said articles pertnit. 
2. SPEC11'".S ; The young must be reared to be independent of their parents. 
The eggs must he incubated and the young reared by the pair of birds 
producing the eggs, or the record is not eligible for the medal; except 
in the case of parasitic species. 
3. HYl'.RID.S: For any cross not pi-eviously reared in captivity, between 
any two species — the domestic Canary as one of the parents alone beimj- 
excepted. A cross between any two species is only once recognised, 
e.g.. Parson I'inch x Long-tailed Grassfinch, and Long-tailed Grass- 
finch X Parson Finch are reckoned as the same Hybrid for the purposes 
of this /iward. and whichever was secured first would hold the record. 
The eggs nuist be incubated and the young reared by the pair of birds 
producing the eggs, or the record « ill not be eligible for a medal. 
