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f and 2 F. Howe- St. Helena Waxbills ; t, A. Silver— O.C. Waxbills. 



Ail Other Waxbills: Tlicsc rarer species called 

 for close examination, the running being \ery keen — all well 

 known . 



1 C. T. AL'iXwelL- Violet-ear ; 2 P. Arnott -Blaek-taced ; 3 Mrs. iM. 

 ScoU — Violet-ear.s. A igood pair of Blue-breasts also shown. 



Cardinals : Too well known for comment, save 



to remark that all were apparently colour-fed. 



I, 2, and 3 A. Silver— Virginian, Green, antl Retl-crested. 



All Other Seed-eaters : 



I E. Hathaway- Sepoy Finch; 2 jnd 3 L. M. Wade— Mexican Rose- 

 finch and St Helena Seedeater. 



Dqves, Quails, Etc. : Only Doves were entered 

 as under : 



I A. Silver— Emerald ; 2 and v.h.c. R. Mannermg— Diamond, and 

 Masked; 3 J. Frostick — Peaceful. 



SUNBIRDS, Etc. ; Only Sunbirds staged, the rarest 

 being the Black-breasted, but its moult was not yet complete 

 —see coloured plate. 



I and 3 Hon. Mrs. G. J^ourkc— Malachite and Black-breasted Sun- 

 birds ; 2 Miss L. Clare — Purple Sunbird. 



Sugarbirds, Etc. : Beautiful but well known. 



I and 2 A. Silver — Yellow-winged Su^arbii-ds, and Indian Zosterops ; 

 3 anc\ v.h.c. P. Arnott— Y.W. Sugarbird and African Zosterops : 



All Species Tanagers : Only a shadow of what 

 the Tanager class was in pre-war times, but all four entrants 

 were in good form. 



I, 2, and 3, Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison -Black, Blue .iiul .Scarlet. 

 Good^ but patriarchid Archbishop w;is also staged. 



Crows, Troupials, Etc.: Certainly one of the most 

 interesting" classes of the section. It was a mere matter of 

 rarity between die prize-winners, all of whom have been seen 

 on the bench previously, and all were exquisites of their kind. 



I J. Frostick— Yucatan J;iy ; 2 A. Silver- p;iir Purple-hc;ided Glossy 

 Starlings ; j B. T. Stewait — Wandering Tree-Pie. 



< )ther species staged were : Pileatcd Jay, Mandarin 

 and Malaliar Alynahs, Vellow-brcasted Troupial, and Wagler's 

 Hangnest. 



Small Insectivorous Species: this class was can- 

 celled. 



All Other Species: Only three entries, and all in- 



