5G L.P.O.S. Slhoin. 



AlI: Specirs T\\ui;.\ki;i:ts Louies, Etc. (7): Aiiolhoi- smal! 

 class, but. containing some birds of exceptional merit. The most 

 notable perhaps being Monsieur Pauvvels' Hooded Pari-akeet, this 

 specimen was in exquisite i)Iumage aiil of a vni-y rich colour, being 

 certainly one of the most attractive l)ii'ds in the Parrot classes— 

 but they were fully dealt with in oui' last v;ilnme. Mr. Maxwell's 

 pair of Brown's Parrakeets wcit- also unconiiinii and very fine. 



1 and 2 and s|n'cial R. rauvvcls, cock Hcodcd Par- 



rakeet and true pair P,(.urke's PaiTakccts ; :j (;. T. Maxwell, 



true pair Brown's Pairakcets; I A. J p O'Xeill, Uw pair 



Oei-ani Lories, wcc lit )• mii;1i : wli.c. ('. T. Maxwell, (.Hieen 



Vlexandra's ran-akee(, Mce hit soft; Ii.c., C. Cushney, 



Eedrump Parrakcet; c L. S. B. Clarke, Pingneck Parrakeei. 



All Species Parrots, Cockwtoos, Etc. (10): What would 



have been one of the rarest birds in the Show, viz., the Pigmy 



Parrot, unfortunately escaped during the process of unpacking, and 



thus the sight of a rara ari.^ was lust. The sympathy of all 



the members will l)e with Monsieur Pauvvels in his great loss. 



The next rarity was an Everitt's Parrot, which we have already 



noted. Next we must note a good specimen of the very uncommon 



Hawk-headed Parrot, one of two personally brought over from 



British Guiana by our esteemed member E. W. Harper, F.Z.S., about 



three years ago. A coloured plate of this species with descriptive 



article appeared in Vol. VI. of the club journal. 



1 R. Pauvvels, Hawk-headed Pari-ot ; '2 and 3 Bev. G. 

 H. Raynor, Meyer's and Everett's Parrots, both rare; 4 Mrs. 

 T>. Thorpe, Yellow-iiaj^ed Amazon, very uncommon; v.h.c. J. 

 Mackenzie, very fine Seiif>gal P.u'i'ot: h.c. Tjcacli and Leckie, 

 Leadbeater's Cockatoo; c. W. S. Smith, true pair Grand Eclec- 

 tu.s Parrots. A INlaeaw, and Siilphur-ci'esled Cockatoo also 

 competed. 



AvADAvATS AND Certaix Namki) SvEciKs (11): Alwajys 

 an interesting class, for many veiy beautiful birds aic t(j be found 

 among the fi-eely imported species, and it is a matter of great 

 surprise that this class does not assume huge proportions — practi- 

 cally the whol(> of tlie exhibits were in the best of condition. 



1. 2, and ••<, F. Howe, G dd-breasted Waxbi'ls, grand 

 colour; good pair Diamond Finches, and one of the best pairs 

 of St. Helena Waxbills ever staged; 4 A. C. Young, true 

 pair Ribl-on Finches, large and r>erfect; v.li.c, R. J. Watts, 

 Diamond P'inch; h.c. Rev. J. M. Paterson, Java Sparrow; 

 e. Allura Bros., Ribbon Finches. Good specimens of Cutthroats^ 

 Java SparroAvs, and Spice Finches also com]ieied. 



Alt, Species Waxhills, Gu.vsseixciies, etc. (K't: The 

 largest foreign class in tli" show and ( ontainiii.i;' many ex(|uisitely 

 beautiful species, the ra'-ities of wliicli a] pea" ti be the Red- 

 I'umped Weaver, noted in the J;.C.B.A. i-epot and a If tie .Jamieson's 

 Waxbill, which appeared veiy unha|)|)y in its draughty cornei-. 

 Other birds we may mention as of exceptional merit were a pair 

 of Painted Finches and an exquiste Mtdba Finch. 



1 F. Howe, Meli)a Fincli, one of the liidiest cohmi'ed 

 specimens we have ever seen; 2, R. Pauvvels, t'ue pair Paintr-d 



