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Rut while I feel obliged to insist upon the non- 

 scientific character of the Club, do not let us submit to 

 the imputation of being z^;/scientific. Nothing un- 

 scientific, in the sense of being inaccurate, or con- 

 trary to science, will be knowingly admitted into the 

 pages of "Foreign Bird Notes." 



HORATIO R. laiJvMKR, 



Hon. Sec. P'ORKIGN BiRD CLUB. 



FOREIGN BIRDS AT THE PALACE. 



The L. and P.O. Society's Show, held at the CrN^stal 

 Palace on the 5th, 6th, and ytli of November, 1901, was a 

 very chilly function. On the first day of the vShow (the 

 <lay on which the writer was present) the temperature 

 must have been very low indeed. It is to be feared that a 

 large number of birds succumbed to the severe weather, 

 which was more trying than it might otherwise have 

 been in consequence of the absence of the usual marquee. 

 This time the birds were staged in one of the transepts, 

 and were terribly exposed to the draught. 



There were only a little over 60 eutries in the foreign 

 classes, and as Mr. H. B.vSmith's 18 entries were all absent 

 the number actually competing was but 45. 



Class §y. — Parrots. Mrs. Peacock was ist with a good 

 Grey. Mrs. Cooper 2nd with a nice Leadbeater. Mr. 

 Cushny 3rd with a Blue-ej-ed Cockatoo, apparently an 

 aged bird and not in the best condition. ]Mr, Billettwas 

 4th with a Blue-fronted Amazon — one of those spotted 

 with yellow, which dealers call " King birds," and not 

 in first-rate feather. The class also contained another 

 IUue-front«^d, of the usual t^-pe. 



Class 5S. — Budgerigars, Love Birds, etc. Cancelled. 



Class jg. — Parrakeets. Here were only three entries. 

 First and special, Mr. Hawkins, with a female of the 

 rare Golden-shouldered Parrakeet. vSecoiul, Mrs. Cooper, 

 with a good Mealy Rosella. Third, Miss Hilda Patterson, 

 with a Ring-necked Parrakeet, which would have been 

 all the better for a wash. 



