1262, White, 4tli, as rich a coloured Bully as any in 

 the class. 1270, Davies Bros., unnoticed, I considered 

 badly treated. 1250, Webb, 2nd, another good one. 

 We had eight members showing in this class, and they 

 took first, second, fourth, and extra fourth. 



Class 98. Hen B7cllfi7iches (13) very good for a new 

 class, should be doubled next year as so many ex- 

 hibitors keep hen Bullfinches for hybrid breeding. 

 There w^ere some nice birds among them, but the judge 

 had an easy task in placing the winners. Several were 

 making Ing attempts to "sing" to the cock birds 

 opposite. 



Class 99. Goldfinches (51 only). One of the lowest 

 records for this Show. We have seen nearly as many 

 again. Seven prizes were given, and our members 

 secured every one. 13 n, Gough, ist, a real tip top 

 beauty — upper mandible a little bit off, but the bird 

 had the fine rich brown so t3^pical of a good Britisher. 

 In fact all the winners were conspicuous by that beau- 

 tiful nut brown colour which is so often ignored. 

 1318, Foster, a Cheveril ; 1305, Webb, 4th, rather 

 coarse in blaze. Mr. Judd possesses some good finches, 

 his second prize being a real tip-top finch. Was 1290 

 a Britisher? The V.H.C.s in this class seemed to 

 have been rather indiscriminately distributed. 1331, 

 poor moons, otherwise a good bird. 



Class 100. Chafifinches (29). A falling off again 

 in numbers. Our members captured second, third, 

 and fourth, and were unlucky not to get first. I made 

 Mr. Townes' 1350 (second) a much superior bird to 

 1338, Ellis (first), although not showing quite as much 

 white. 1340, Maxwell, third, a nice bird and very 

 steady. 1348, Clark, unnoticed, will want some beat- 

 ing when he gets steady. 



Class loi. Linnets (39), five less than last year. 

 We took five prizes out of the six. Winner, 1382, 



