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The whole subject is comprehensively dealt with, yet the booklet is a 
marvel of condensed information - containinf; valuable hints on the manage- 
ment of land and cattle, the prodnction of milk, cream, butter, cheese, in fact 
all appertaining to the Dairy. Should be in the library of all who keep cattle 
for dairy produce. 
Scarcely perhaps the book to review in an Avicultural Journal, yet 
the notice is given, as it will doubtless be of interest to some of our reader-s 
Editorial. 
The Late Mr. Hayward Mathias: With great regret 
in our last issue we announced the sudden death of Mr. Hayward 
Mathias, an able and energetic nieml^er of the Council. He re- 
joined the F.B.C., in October 1908, was elected to the Council in 
Jan 1910, and till the time of his sudden death on February 10th, 
he remained one of its most energetic members — he lost no oppor- 
tunity of making the F.B.C. known to all interested in birds, and 
certainly did as much as any single member to increase onr num- 
bers. As a member of the Magazine Commitee he will be much 
missed, as in spite of failing health he was never behind time nor 
"found wanting " in any of the duties of his ofiice. He was an 
ardent aviculturist and successful above the average in breeding 
Australian Finches, etc., also ever ready with his pen to record his 
experiences for the benefit of his fellow members. He was a 
genial companion and correspondent, and highly esteemed by all 
his colleagues who had met or corresponded with him. The 
writer remembers several very pleasant and interesting visits paid 
to his Stubbington home, and misses a friend and colleague. We 
tender our deep sympathy to Miss. Mathias in her painful and sud- 
den berea\ement. 
Spotted- Wing (Psaroglossa spilopfera): Blandford in 
" Fauna of Brit. India, Bii-ds, Vul. I. j). 248 exprssses the 
opinion that this species was wrongly classed as a starling, was 
not such, and that — 
" Neither its structure, its habits nor the colour of its eggs show any 
"affinities to the Stin-iiidir." 
Major H. Fulton records some most interesting field notes 
in the Journal of the Bombay National History Society, Vol. XX., 
No. 3, which he claims tend to confirm the view that the Spotted- 
Wing is a starling in its habits and general appearance. 
