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Ornamental Pheasant Society Notes



O.P.S. to visit his aviaries at Cleres in the late summer, this will prove

a most popular expedition.


Many matters of interest were discussed at the meeting. It was

hoped by many that a booklet would be issued in the near future, but

it appears our finances will not permit of such a venture at present,

but the matter is only temporarily shelved.


Members of the Avicultural Society will be interested to know

that many members of the O.P.S. have availed themselves of our

offer to send out on loan copies of the Avicultural Magazine. In

fact this venture has become so popular that I have been forced to

ask some of our members, who are also members of the Avicultural

Society, to lend me their copies in order to keep pace with the demand.


I think this “ lending library ” will prove of benefit to your Society,

for many of our members who borrow a copy will naturally be anxious

to obtain a copy that they can keep, so they will join the Society.

I think a report of the Pheasant Section of the C.P. Show is appearing

elsewhere in this issue, but I should like to mention that the O.P.S.

provided special baskets for use of members who were showing Pheasants.

These baskets were made good use of, and every Pheasant that was

shown arrived in good condition and not a tail feather was broken in

transit.


I am sure the Show was a revelation to many people who had never

seen Ornamental Pheasants before, undoubtedly the Pheasant Section

was a great draw. I was there every day of the Show and it surprised

and pleased me to find so many visitors took an intelligent interest

in these birds. Next year we shall of course support the Show again

and I feel very confident that the entries will be very numerous. I

should like to take this opportunity of expressing the thanks of the

O.P.S. to Mr. Seth-Smith for the able manner in which he judged the

Pheasants, his decisions gave universal satisfaction.


Finally, the Avicultural Society are being very helpful to us, and

it is most encouraging to note that we are receiving the support of the

premier bird Society in the world.



(Miss) J. M. Grant-Ives.



