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jforcign S5ir()5 at the (Trvetal ipalace 

 Show. 



By I). Srth-Smith, M.B.O.U., F.Z.vS. 



^Y^V^ Y friend Mr. Townseiid has asked me to 



I I / write a critique on the foreign birds at the 



J recent ' Great National ' show, a task which 



I find somewhat difficult,for the catalogue in 



which my notes were made has gone to a friend abroad, 



and I inspected the classes more with the object of 



admiring the rare and beautiful than with that of 



criticising. I am afraid therefore my remarks must 



take more of the form of an ordinary report. 



Cr.ASS I20. Budgerigars, and all species of Lovebirds, and 

 Hatiging Parrots. 



Mrs. C. Anningson received the first prize for a 

 pair of Peach-faced Lovebirds, Mrs. C. Cooper second 

 with a pair of Budgerigars, and Mrs. Anningson third 

 with Red -faced Lovebirds. I should have been 

 inclined to transpose the second and third prize- 

 winners. 



Ci.ASS 121. All species of Parrakeeis other than Budgerigars, 

 including Kings and Broadtails, Lorikeets and Lories. 

 First, Miss C. Rosa Little, with one of the few 

 that now remain of the small consignment of Varied 

 Lorikeets that arrived in this country in November 

 1902. It well deserved its position. Mr. L. W. 

 Hawkins second with a Tui Parrakeet ; Mrs. C. 

 Cooper third, with a pair of Barnards ; Mr. 

 Osbaldeston fourtli with a cock Redrump, and the 

 same exhibitor extra fourth with an Adelaide cock. 

 I do not remember noticing this last bird. 



One of the most interesting birds in this class was 

 a hybrid between a Redrump and a Rosella, belonging 

 to Mrs. C. Cooper ; but being a hybrid, and therefore 

 not a " species," it was disqualified. As there was no 



