18 APRIL 1931, Page 17

[To the Editor of the SPEMATOR.] SIR,—At last somebody has

written to the papers about the wonderful red bird which has been flying about the Green Park. Sir William Beach Thomas asks what bird it is. It is a Cardinal bird, such as delights visitors to Virginia. If it can show that it can endure the English climate I suggest it be provided with a mate and all our parks enriched with this lovely flying coral. Obviously it can hold its own against sparrows.—I am, Sir, &c.,