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Class 124. Doves and Quails. Cancelled. 



Class 125. Various {named) co7fiinon Seed- Eaters. 

 Seventeen entries, of which we think three were 

 absent. First, Messrs. Thwaites and Lloyd's pair ot 

 Parson Finches, of not very conspicuons merit. 

 Second, Mr. Townsend's Golden-breasted Waxbills. 

 Third, Mr. Hawkins' Diamond Finch — we question 

 the expediency of awarding a prize to a single bird 

 in this class. Fourth, Mrs. Skey's Silverbills, which 

 might have been higher up. V.H.C., Osbaldeston 

 (Spice-birds), Hawkins (Golden-breasted Waxbills) ; 

 H.C., Picard (Diamond Finch). Mr. Swaysland ex- 

 hibited a pair of White-headed Mannikins, the male 

 of which was certainly not the ordinary' Munia inaj'a, 

 in fact, it looked more like a cross between the White- 

 headed and the Black-headed species, and such we 

 were at first disposed to regard it, but on looking up 

 the genus we found it to be an example of the rare 

 Javan Ma\'a Finch. It differs from the White-headed 



Mannikin in having a black throat. 



Class 126. All species of Waxbills, G?assfinches, 

 and Mannikins, not comprised in the above. Twenty- 

 one entries. First, an '' unknown Waxbill" entered 

 by Mr. Hawkins. This was one of the greatest 

 attractions of the Show — it bore some resemblance to 

 the Painted Finch, but was evidently not of that 

 species. I find that Mr. Seth- Smith considers it 

 one of the Fire Finches (^Lagonosticta niveignttata). 

 Second, Mr. Hawkins' Red - faced Finch. Third, 

 Mr. Osbaldeston's Rufous - tailed Grassfinches. 

 F'ourth, Mr. Hawkins' Black-rumped Finches. V.H.C. 

 Townsend (Long-tailed Grassfinches), Osbaldeston 

 (Pin-tailed Nonpareils), H.C., Picard (Aurora Finch), 

 Howe (Black-headed Gouldian), C, Townsend (Laven- 

 der Finches), Osbaldeston (Black-headed Gouldians). 

 Mr. Hawkins exhibited in this class a pair oi Estrilda 

 angolcnsis — a near relation of the Cordon Bleu, from 



