Porcii^n Birds at Torquay SJww. t6q 



l(-n,L;' joiirncv. \MI.C".. Miss P'roude. i^^ood Rosy-faced Love- 

 birds. C, Whitley, very fine All-(ireen Parrakeet. 



Also stained Tovi, ( )range-flanked, and Passerine 

 Parrakeets. and Cockateels, most of which showed sii^ns of 

 being" newly acquired, but, as a whole, makinj^" an interestin;^' 

 array of the smaller-sized parrakeets. The one rare exhibit 

 was the Marquis of Tavistock's Turquoise-rumped Passerine 

 Parrakeet. not known in this country as a living- bird prior to 

 this year. A feature of this class was the number of different 

 species staged, but those not placed were not tight in plumage — 

 either new acquisitions, or feeling the effects of a long, cold 

 rail-journey. 



A.O. Spectks Parrakeets and Lorikeets (u). i, 3, Sps. 

 and 2. Marquis of Tavistock, former the most perfect Rock 

 Peplar I have ever seen, and, the latter an almost equally perfect 

 Queen Alexandra, both birds " in the pink." 3, V.H.C.. H.C. 

 and C. \\'hitley. Red-collared Lorikeets (perfect), Barnard's 

 Nenday and Mealy Rosella Parrakeets, in the order given, hard 

 lines not to be higher. 4. ^L's. Skey. good King Parrakeet. 

 a young bird not yet in full adult plumage. 



There really ought to have been three equal firsts in this 

 fine class, and it was a thankless task to separate them as above. 

 All the species are well known — the Rock Peplar being an 

 exceptionally fine specimen of its kind, very steady and fearless, 

 yet its owner informed me that it had been flying- loose in his 

 gc.rden all the year, and was only caught and caged for despatch 

 lo the show ! 



Mannikins and Other Freely Imported Species (26). 

 I, 2 Sps.. Rattigan. perfect pair of aviary-bred Quail Finches, 

 well ahead. 2, V.H.C.. Whitley, White Jav^a Sparrows and 

 Paradise Whydah in the order given, the former very fine, clean 

 and without blemish. 3, 4, H.C, and C. Miss Blackburn, 

 Cutthroats and Silverbills in the order given. 



A rather bewitching array of Weavers, Whydahs and 

 Finches were also staged, and here occurred one of the two 

 errors confessed to in my opening remarks, in the dull afternoon 

 light T failed to note that the pair of Cutthroats placed third 

 were Red-headed Finch x Cutthroat hybrids; unless very 

 minutely examined they were simply a large pair of extra fine 



