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and tight; 3, Hollins, very large Grey Java Sparrows ; 4, F. Howe, St. 

 Helena Waxbills, very fine, quite one of the best pairs I have seen ; vhc, 

 c, F. Howe, good Diamond and Nutmeg Finches ; he, L. McWade, good 

 pair Combassous; also exhibited: Rhodesian Ribbon Finches, Bib Finches, 

 Indian Silverbills, Avadavats and Orange-cheeked Waxbills, all in very 

 good condition ; a very pleasing and interesting array of the freely imported 

 Ornamental Finches. 



All Speciks of Waxbills, Grassfinches, Weavers, etc. (23). 

 1, R. J. Watts, very gocd Queen Whydah ; 2, 3, 4, vhc, Maxwell, a grand 

 series, all in fine condition, Violet-eared Waxbills, Dufresne's, Black-cheeked 

 and Blue-breasted Waxbills; vhc, Hollins, very perfect pair of Red-headed 

 Finches; F. Howe, very richly-coloured Violet-eared Waxbill ; he, Hawkins, 

 very perfect Pin-tailed Nonpareils ; Beaty, good Gouldiau Finch ; c, Whyte, 

 good Pin-tailed Whydah ; Mrs. Galloway, Parrot Finches; also exhibited: 

 Scaly-crowned Finch, very hard lines; Dufresne's Blue-breasted and Violet- 

 eared Waxbill ; Fire Finches, etc. A varied and interesting class. 



All Speciks Grosbeaks, True Finches, Buntings, Cardinals, 

 ETC. (16). 1, Maxwell, Sepoy Finch, very fit but lacking the beautiful 

 o-eraniuui-red of the wild bird; 2, H. E. Bliss, Africian Golden-breasted 

 Bunting, very rare and beautiful, the yellow throat and white facial streaks 

 being very striking; 3, Mrs. E- Galloway, good Olive Cuba Finch; 4, 

 S. M. Townsend, rare Cape Rock Bunting; vhc, F. Howe, perfect Green 

 Cardinal ; he, Watts, pair Yellow-biiled Cardinals, evidently two cocks, a 

 Black-throated and a Brown-throated one ; c, Cook, Nonpareil Bunting, 

 good condition. A pair of Cutthroats were entered here and the judge 

 failed to note they were in the wrong class. 



All Species Tanagers, Sugar Birds, Sunbirds, etc. (15). 1, 

 spl, 2, vhc, Maxwell, Indian Sunbird, Festive and Black-backed Tanagers, 

 a grand team but a trifle lucky, the first-named appeared as if it would hardly 

 survive the show ; 3, 4, S. M. Townsend, Black-faced and Yellow-winged 

 Sugar Birds, in excellent condition and hardly treated. In my opinion the 

 remarkably fine and rich colouration, and absolutely faultless condition of 

 the latter should have secured it premier honours; vhc, he, c, Dewhurst, 

 Mason and Watts in the order named, all Superb Tanagers, and very fit, but 

 the writer regrets that colour feeding should have crept in with a species so 

 gorgeous in its natural colouration which is easily retained in full brilliancy 

 in captivity. This class for gorgeous, tropical colouring is worth a long 

 journey to see, but it was not so varied as usual, half the exhibits being 

 Superbs, which have been quite common of late, that is, if the term 

 " common " is permissable of anything Superb. 



All Species not comprised in the above (18). Always an 

 interesting class; the exhibits claiming most attention from the public 

 being the King Birds of Paradise, of which there were two, neither of 

 which were perfect, one having lost both the long tail plumes (or wires), and 



