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fiaviprytnfia) — should have been first, but the judge probably, 

 and most excusably, took it for a hybrid. Third, Mr. 

 Townsend's Long - tailed Grassfinches, a good pair. Fourth, 

 two of Mr. Hawkins' Bicheno-Ze))ra hybrids. Mr. Hawkins' 

 Cuba Finches received an extra fourth, the hen not quite 

 through the moult or they would have been higher. 



Class 70. Tanagers &c. First, Mr. Townsend's female 

 Dacnis cayana. vSecond, Mr. Hawkins' male of the same 

 species. Third, IVIr. Townsend's Silver and Blue Tanager ; 

 a very rare bird. Fourth, Mr. Townsend's White - capped 

 Tanager; an old prize-winner. 



Class 71. All other species. First, Mr. Humphry's most 

 charming Rufous - Ijellied Niltava, apparently as well and 

 beautiful as ever. Second, Mr. Townsend's Andaman Starling. 

 Third, Mr. H. B. Smith's Purple - headed Glossy Starling. 

 Fourth, Miss Hopwood's Rosy Pastor. 



p06t riDorteni IRepoits. 



{Vide Rules). 



GoivD-BREASTED Waxbii^i. uestHugs, two. (Mr. Dart). These 

 little birds, which w^ere on the point of leaving the nest, 

 were well nourished, and their little crops etc. were full 

 of millet in various stages of normal digestion. All the 

 internal organs were healthy, except the lungs, which were 

 the seat of pneumonia. 



Budgerigar. (Mrs. Leslie Miller). Fibroid induration of the 

 left lung was the cause of death. This condition was the 

 result of chronic pneumonia. 



Pheasant. (The Hon. M. C. Hawke) This bird was sent by 

 rail, and was unsuitable for examination. 



Bronze INIannikin. (Mrs. E. Mellor). Egg binding was the 

 cause of death, there being a large soft-shelled egg in the 

 cloaca, and others in various stages of development. The 

 practice of not giving these birds green food is wrong. It 

 is as necessary in their case as in that of other birds. 



Cordon Bi.eu nestlings, two. (Mr. Dart). These little birds, 

 which were just on flying, got out of their nest and were 

 replaced in what was evidently the wrong nest. The next 

 day they were found dead. On external examination I 

 found they had been badly plucked on the head and back. 

 Internally, the organs w^ere all healthy, the tissues firm 

 and well nourished, but the alimentary tract in both was 

 quite empty. They had died of acute or rapid starvation. 



