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A.S. of Lark or Pipit (7). 1, Quantrell, a perfect Tree Pipit ; 2, Howe, Tree Pipit, 

 not as good colour as winner; 3, Withers Bros., another nice Pipit. 



Crows (41. 1, Maxwell, Cornish Chough, very fine; 2, Maxwell, a good Magpie; 3, 

 Quantrell, auother nice Magpie 



All Small Insectivorous Birds— not larger than a Wheatear (n). 1, Maxwell, 

 perfect Yellow Wagtail; 2, same owner, Black Redstart, very fine; 3, Howe, a fair Tree 

 Creeper. Also competed Blue-headed Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat and a 

 Redstart. 



All Insectivorous Birds— larger than a Wheatear. 1, Howe, Waxwing, perfect ; 

 2, Maxwell, very fine Wryneck; 3, Francis, Hoopoe, tame and confiding. The other com- 

 petitors included a Fieldfare and Red-backed Shrike in nestling plumage, shown by Mr. 

 Vale. 



FOREIGN BIRDS. 



A.S. of Parrot— including all allied families. 1 & 2, Maxwell, with good specimens 

 of Black-cheeked Love Bird (Agafiornis nigrigenis) and Black-throated Lorikeet (Tricho- 

 glossus nigrigularis) neither of these have been previously exhibited. 3, Cooper, Yellow and 

 Blue Macaw with a perfect tail, who also exhibited a nice Black-headed Caique (Caica niel- 

 anocephala). Barnard's Broadtail, Red-faced Lovebirds and an Adelaide Broadtail also 

 competed. 



A.S. Waxbill, Grassfinch, Whydah, and all seed-eaters (16). 1, Maxwell, a 

 Gaboon Blue-billed Weaver \Spermospiza gutiat,i\9.\so new to me, being a crimson and black 

 bird with whitish eyelids and a large black bi'.l of the Grosbeak type, curiously coloured. 

 2, a perfect pair of Violet-eared Waxbills. 3rd, Watts, a Queen Whydah. This class also 

 contained other good birds such as Cuban Finch (Phonipara lepida), White-throated 

 Finches, Black-faced Serin, Rufous-necked and Napolean Weavers, White Javas, Aurora 

 Finches, Pintailed and Paradise Whydahs. 



Any Fruit Eating or Insect'. Bird (6). 1, 2 and 3, Maxwell with the now well- 

 known King Bird of Paradise, in perfect plumage and the attraction of the Show ; Black- 

 backed Tanager and Kufous-throated Tanager. A dull, but little known olive coloured 

 Tanager, awkward in shape with a slender slightly curved bill, which boasts no English 

 name as far as I know, probably O rtkogonys viridis, it was shown by Mr. Watts, of Watford. 



British and Forign Selling, i, Maxwell, a pair of Diamond Sparrows; 2, Howe, 

 very fine pair Rufous-tailed Grassfinclies : 3, Hodgkin, Cordon Blues. A nice Hybrid 

 Rosella x Red-rump Parrakeet was also shown, by Mr. C. Cooper, in a class provided for 

 any variety of hybrid bird owned by members and was awarded 3rd pair. 



The members classes for British Birds contained nothing of excep- 

 tional interest except a nice Wheatear and Redstart, and an extra good 

 Winchat, 2nd in its class, shewn by Mr. Frostick. The Hybrid classes 

 between two British birds contained Mr. Cooper's Chaffinch x Bramble- 

 finch, Mr. Vale's Twite x Greenfinch, Mr. Gnnnet's Siskin x Bnlfinch, and 

 Goldfinch x Bulfinch, and some other good birds. The class for hybrids of 

 Canary and British Birds parentage were well filled. Mr. John Robson 

 officiated as judge for these birds and Canaries, and the British and Foreign 

 birds were left to my own tender mercies. ALLEN Silver. 



