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shape which gives rise to its name, it made us eager 

 to think of future consignments arriving over here. 



The Blue- crowned Hanging Parrakeet, another 

 beautiful rarity belonging to the same owner, deserved 

 equal notice. It was very tight in feather but still 

 shewed a few pen feathers lingering on the head. Its 

 plumage is roughly as follow^s : Crown, bright blue; 

 general bod}^ colour irridescent green, lighter on the 

 underparts, yellowish at the flanks and vent ; upper 

 tail - coverts, centre of throat and chest, glowing 

 crimson. 



Another very rare and showy but very noisy bird 

 was Mr. Dewhurst's Red-banded Lorikeet. Its con- 

 spicuous beauty however would go far to make up 

 for its shortcomings. We also noted Mrs. Cooper's 

 fine young Senegal Parrot, a beautiful bird in finest 

 condition, but not yet in adult plumage. 



Mr. S. M. Townsend's now well known Black- 

 backed Tanager took first honours in the Tanager 

 class, and rightly so ; this gentleman shewed here 

 another Tanager, unnamed in the catalogue, which 

 after careful comparison with the figure in Sclater's 

 *' Monograph of the Genus Calliste " would appear to 

 be the female Black-backed Tanager; it is to be hoped 

 its owner will make some attempt to breed them. 

 There were also shewn some grand specimens of 

 male and female Green Tanagers (different owners) 

 and the Blue-wing Sugar-bird. 



The class for Budgerigars etc. also contained (2) 

 Blue - winged Lovebirds (Passerine Parrakeets), (3) 

 Rosy-faced Lovebirds, (h. c.) ditto and a pair of good 

 Green Budgerigars. In that for All Parrakeets etc. 

 were also shewn (2) a good Varied Lorikeet ; (3) 



