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encourages the hope that other birds, whicli have 

 hitlierto refused to breed, will in their turn yield to the 

 skilful treatment of our aviculturists. 



Our valued member Dr. Hopkinson has left England 

 for West Africa, where he will be engaged for some 

 months in a journey of exploration in the interior of the 

 Gambia region. He expects to return home in July, and 

 will then, I hope, resume his contributions to these 

 pages. 



HORATIO R. FILLMER, 



Hon. Sec. FOREIGN BiRD CluB. 



FOREIGN BIRDS AT THE AQUARIUM. 



The London Cage Bird Association held their annual 

 Show at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, on the 19th, 

 20th, and 2ist of Noveml^er. There were eleven classes 

 with open competition, and two confined to members of 

 the Association. Unfortunately, five open classes and 

 one of the members' classes had to be cancelled. There 

 were about 70 entries, only one or two of which were 

 absent, so the number competing was rather larger than 

 at the Crystal Palace Show held a fortnight before. 

 Considering that the classification and prize money were 

 both slightly more liberal, tliis was to be expected. The 

 classification was not a good one : putting Waxbills and 

 Grassfinches in separate classes always causes confusion 

 and mistakes; and the division of Insectivorous birds 

 into " larger than," and " not larger than, a Blue Robin," 

 is a rough and read}' expedient which we ought to have 

 seen the last of at large shows. 



The classes for foreign Goldfinches and Bullfinches 

 were both cancelled, also those for Amazons and Grey 

 Parrots, and for I*Iacaws, Cockatoos, and Parrots. 



Class 70. Budgerigars, Love- Birds, and Pigmy Parrots. 

 Six entries, one absent. P^irst, JMr. Storey's well-known 

 pair of Peach-faced Love-birds. Third, Mrs. C. Cooper's 

 fine Budgerigars. (The second prize seems not to have 

 been awarded). V. H. C, Mr. W. Judd's pair of Mada- 



