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])ii'd and well shown. C, and Special 234, Mr. 

 Townsend, Silver Blue Tanager, handsome creature, 

 beautifully coloured. The class also contained three 

 glorious Superb Tanagers, whose comparative com- 

 monness gives them no chance against rarer birds ; a 

 Scarlet Tanager — winner of Special 235, belonging to 

 Messrs. Thwaites and L,loyd — very tame and neat; a 

 pair each of Chinese and Japanese Zosterops, afford- 

 ing an interesting comparison, and a single bird of the 

 former species. Another very interesting comparison 

 was afforded b}^ a hen Blue Sugar Bird, exhibited by 

 Mr. Swan, and the cock bird of the same species, 

 which won the extra 3rd prize. One or two exhibits 

 were absent. 



Class 150. 10 Entries. All species of Crows, Pies, 

 Starlings, Mynahs, Hangnests, Jays, and Troupials. 

 ist, Mr. Osbaldeston, with the most superlatively 

 conditioned bird I have ever seen — a Purple-headed 

 Glossy Starling, so perfect indeed, that it appeared 

 covered with a thin sheet of greenish blue steel rather 

 than feathers. 2nd, Mr. Osbaldeston's ver\' handsome 

 Hunting Cissa, one of t'lie Indian Crows, clothed 

 principally in a dress of beautiful light green. 3rd, 

 Mr. Townsend, a beautiful Andaman Starling, splendid 

 condition and well shown. V.H.C., Mr. Osbaldeston, 

 nice pair of Green Glossy Starlings, though one of 

 the birds spoilt the exhibit b}' not being quite so fine 

 as its mate. H.C., Mr. Gartside, a single Green Glossy 

 Starling — how different these birds are from our Eng- 

 lish Starlings ! C, Mr. Osbaldeston, very fine pair of 

 Blue-bearded Jays : most interesting birds. There 

 was also a Bobolink Hangnest in this class, w^ell 

 .shown, but being out of colour its real beauty was 

 lost. Dr. Butler gives an account of the bird in his 

 ''Foreign Bird Keeping," Vol. II. page 8. I do not 

 remember seeing the bird at a Show before. 



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