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prominent members visited a well-known store in the West End of

London recently and was shown a pair of Amhersts. Now both cock and

hen were out and out hybrids and yet the attendant was most indignant

at being informed they were not pure. That only serves to prove that

our public needs educating to the true facts.


By the issue of this card our members will have a guide, and thus

be able to distinguish the pure from those that have Golden blood in

their veins. The pleasing factor of this painting is the fact that our

President, Monsieur Delacour, is leaving no stone unturned to make it

an absolutely perfect portraiture of an Amherst cock. He will himself

interview the artist and point out the vital points ; the artist will view

a pure bird and will then finish his work from a specimen at the British

Museum. What is the lesson to be learned from this necessity ? On

only one small and seemingly unimportant matter, but so vital, let us

keep all birds, whether Pheasants or other birds, pure, and do not waste

time in hybridization unless there is some specific point to be gained :

this let our scientific friends carry out, for the average man it is useless

foolish, and futile.


Jerome Lambert.



ERRATA


p. 1 . crevirostris should be brevirostris.

p. 212. (one line from bottom) bonariensi —■ bonariensis.

p. 220. madagascarensis — madagascariensis.

p. 222. (bottom line) replendens = resplendens.



APOLOGY


The Editor deeply regrets that the article on the Orange-bellied

Grass Parrot, by Dr. Hamilton, was wrongly attributed to J. F. M.

Floyd. Mr. Floyd was the author of the review on “ Studies in the

Life History of the Song Sparrow


The article on the Short-billed Minivet was written by Monsieur

J. Delacour.



