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 THE EDITOR'S LETTER BOX. 



SUBSTITUTED P:NTRIHS. 



vSiR, — I should like the o})iiiion of the ^leinbers of 

 the Club on the following : — 



At a Show where, let us say, Class x is for birds 

 smaller than a Java Sparrow, an exhibitor states on his 

 entry form " pair of Cordon Bleus," and the entry is so 

 described in the catalogue. But at the Show the entry is 

 represented by a pair of Fire Finches. Is that entry to 

 be allowed to compete, and receive a prize ? I am 

 strongly against it, as I find it is the practice of certain 

 exhibitors either not to state the species or, when they do, 

 to substitute for the bird named, a totally different 

 one, either because the one the}' entered does not 

 come up to vShow form, or that they have sold it 

 before the day of the Show. I want the opinion of the 

 leading exhibitors, so that it shall be definite!}' under- 

 stood whether such a thing isto be permitted. Personall}-, 

 I think it is decidedly wrong. 



C. B. d'Eyncourt ChAMEERIvAIN. 



A QUESTION OF IDENTITY. 

 Sir, — Can ^-ou or any of your readers help me to 

 identify the birds in the following list from Dr. Russ' 

 " Die Fremdlandischen Stubenvogel " ? The numbers 

 refer to the pages, and the names are those used in 

 Vol. I. of that work. 



p. 524. Der graubauchige Kernbeisser [Coccothtaustes 



■poliogaster) . 

 p. 523. Der brasilische K. {C. brasiliensis). 

 p. 523. Der grliiie K. {C. viridis). 

 p. 474. Der olivengriine Ammersperling {Frinoilla 



ulivacea). 

 p. 475. Der stille A. {F. silens). 

 p. 475. Der gelbschnablige A. {F. Jlavirostris). 

 p. 475. Der braunackige A. {F. hmnneinucha). 

 p, 478. Der gelbkehlige A. {F.jlavigiilaris). 



E. HOPKINSON. 



