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most valuable and rare Pheasants. It is probable that some of your

members may like to obtain some of these birds through the medium

of our Society, should such be the case, you have only to join the

O.P.S. ; subscription is only 6s. per annum, and full particulars will

be sent to you. The showing of Pheasants was discussed, .and a com¬

mittee of two was appointed to look into the whole question of suitable

pens for showing and transport. After the meeting we passed through

to the Gardens, where Monsieur Delacour and the Head Keeper kindly

showed us round the Pheasant enclosures. This was an education to

many of our members, and a pleasure to all of us.


Tea was then taken in the tea pavilion, and during this pleasant

interlude, it was proposed that Miss Knobel, your untiring Secretary,

should be elected an honorary member of the O.P.S. This proposition

was not even put to the vote, so heartily was it acclaimed. We all

felt that Miss Knobel had served the Avicultural Society in a most

worthy manner, and that it would therefore be an honour to our Society

if she consented to accede to our wish. Miss Knobel in a few charming

words expressed her appreciation of the kind thought that had prompted

this honour. So the afternoon had passed, and we all left feeling that

we had made a great step forward ; the Society was formed to encourage

the keeping and propagation of many rare Pheasants, and this meeting

by deciding to import these Pheasants has surely done something

really practical to justify its existence, and by this action, we hope,

made the O.P.S. worthy of support.


J. Lambert,


Hon. Secretary , O.P.S.



CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES, ETC.


THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS


Madam, —As many ornithologists are already aware, a new edition of

A Practical Handbook of British Birds has been for some time in preparation.

We should be very grateful to any of your readers who would now send

us notes of any omissions or errors in the original work, and of any unpublished

observations which would make the work more accurate and complete. Should

secrecy in regard to locality be necessary this will be rigidly respected.



