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Greenie-Bully. Now, I take it to be what the breeder 

 says it is, viz., " Ciiiiianioii Canary and Bullfinch." 

 Greenie - Bullies have larger, flatter heads, are 

 browed like a Crest-bird, have shorter tails, and the 

 tails and flights are barred like the Greenfinch's : but 

 none of this is found in the Cinnamon bird, and it is 

 my firm opinion the bird in question is of the cross it 

 is claimed to be. 



Other Bullfinch Hybrids had a poor entry also, 

 but what was lost in numbers was made up in qualit}^ 

 for never in my little experience have better birds 

 than the first three met together anywhere. Of course 

 I have not seen those larger and better ones we were 

 told of last year. The champion Linnet-Bully deserved 

 a win, if onh^ for the sake of its war record. I 

 expected more colour on this bird, but even now it 

 has few equals. 



The Class for any variety Hybrid, bred from two 

 British birds, had some charming and interesting little 

 cage birds ; Goldy-Greenie winning as usual. This 

 is not a hard bird to breed, and its favour with most 

 judges (on account of size, I suppose) tends to dis- 

 courage other crosses. But variety classes are bound 

 to cause a difference of opinion. I thought Mr. 

 Coutt's Siskin-Greenie, and Mr. Ward's Gold-Greenie 

 the best of the lot, but perhaps I do not well under- 

 stand them. 



Now, taking the Hybrid classes from start to finish, 

 I have no hesitation in saying " Far worse work might 

 have been done by an older man than was done this 

 year by a 'prentice hand." Fanciers should drop self- 

 interest once a year and try to make the Palace Show 

 a truly representative one. Here we have a classifi- 

 cation such as is provided nowhere else, yet Hybrid 

 entries are few. Surely exhibitors can support one 

 Show in a season without caring for the profits. Mind, 



