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they can scarcely be told from the adults; they have assumed 
practically the full brilliance of their parents, though their 
beaks as yet are not so pure a red and their tails are a 
little shorter. They have not yet moulted, so that this change 
has been gradually developed in the plumage, without the 
shedding of a feather up to the present. 
It may interest members to know, that in the one large 
aviary, the following have all reared young this season, some 
of thenr more than one brood. Orange -cheeked and Orange- 
breasted Waxbills; Guttural and Aurora Finches, Grey Finches 
(S. grisea), Zebra Finches, Cutthroats,' Grey-winged Ouzels, 
01iv(^ Finches, Californian Quail, Magpie Mannikins, and Green 
Singhigfmches — there may be others, but till the leaves fall 
the full number of young w'ill not be ascertainable. I will 
anticipate and say here that none of the young are for sale, 
all are being retained for observation purposes, for some 
months yet. 
Editorial. 
A Retrospect: This issue brings us to the close of 
another volume of our Club Journal, and while realising that 
there is ample room for improvement, yet we think all will 
agree that it is equal to its predecessors. 
The present volume contains four coloured plates and a 
coloured plan, viz., "Black and Blue, and Viellot's" Tanagers, 
" Jerdon's Green Fruitsucker," " Malabar, and Gold-fronted 
Green Fruitsuckers," and "Eed- billed Blue-Pie," while our 
half-tone and line illustrations have left nothing to be desired, 
either as to number, or the practical and interesting features 
they have depicted. We have again been indebted to H. 
Willford, Esq., for some of his beautiful photos of bird-life 
in their native haunts, and to many othei's for photos of inter- 
esting aviary episodes, and we tender to one and all our grate- 
ful thanks. 
The text matter in our pages, has been varied and 
also of practical and scientific interest, and we feel assured 
that both the aviculturist and ornithologist will have found 
interesting reading therein — the tyro has not Ijeen neglected, 
for popular species have been dealt with in popular language 
