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lish spocios (rorh'hs), but ill contour and demeanour, is a 

 fypical ^hafTmcli. The inal(> is rich f2:rey-l>lue, with an almost 

 complete white rin.i^ roiiiHl tlic eye; the female is greenish- 

 hrown, lightly washed with hluish. 



Mr. Ezra has kindly sent me the following notes con- 

 eerning the cage life of the specimen, so alily depicted by Mr. 

 Goodchild on our frontispiece. 



" Tlio Biii^ CliafTinch, as you know, is a very rare bird, and 

 "only to Iic> foinid ii tlio fo:'es!s of tlio Island of TenerifTe. T 

 '■feed Iniu like any otlier seed -cater, with seeds, greenfood, and a 

 " few moalwoi-ms. also a small piece of spong© cake. He has a 

 "song, which is not vcy pretty, hut all the same he makes a nice 

 "pet" ' 



Black-headed Siskin {Chrysomitris icferica): A most 

 interesting species which has been lired in captivity by our 

 member Mr. W. E. Teschemaker,- a detailed account of which 

 appeared in Bird Notes, -Vol. III., N.S., page 4. It is a species 

 which has never been reaUy common on the English market, 

 and much less so of late years. It is a most pleasing cage or 

 aviary bird, and in good plumage both sexes are "really 

 hnndsome birds. A reference to the figures on our frontis-- 

 piece, which I consider exceptionally well drawn, will make 

 a 'detailed description unnecessary, if I simply say that the 

 light areas are bright yellow; medium, olive green, and the 

 others, blackish -green or black; the hues of the female are all a 

 trifle greyer and rhe lacks the black -hoad of her mate. It is 

 a native of Argentina and Brazil. 



The Parrot and Parrakeet classes were judged by H. 

 T. T. Camps, F.Z.S., and the others by W. Swaysland. 



BuDGER'GAKS AM) LovEBiTjDS (4): The 1st prize went to Mr. 

 Ezra's rare Abyssin'an Lovebird (Q), 2nd to Miss A. B. Smyth's 

 B'ack -cheeked Lovehi-ds. while the 3rd and 4th went to pairs of 

 Yellow Budge'i"-ars, S. M. Davis and Colville and Sons — the smallest 

 c'ass for many years. 



Pakrakkkts, Lokikkrts, axd Lokies (12): Nothing new, 

 lui't a grand 'o^ rf 1 i-ds not an ill conditioned bird among' them. 



1st and two spe'^ias Miss Lydia Cla'-e, Queen Alexandra's 

 Parrakeet: 2, same owner's Hooded Parrakeet (P. ciicuUnfua), 

 both birds of rich eo'our, and very steady; 3 W. Edmunds, Many 

 Colour Parrakeet, one of the best the writer has seen ; 4 Christer 

 and Son. R/ed-naped lorikeet: v.h.c. (2) G. Fletcher, Barraband's 

 (beautiful colour) and King Parrakeets ; h.c, Miss Wade, Crimson- 



