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The L.P.O.S. National Show. 



wing Parrakeet; c. W. Baxby, Alexandrine Pai-rakeets, Rp<1- 

 rumped, Bai'nard's and a hybrid Pennant's also competed. 



Pakrots, Cockatoos, and Macaws (9j: Nothing really new, 

 the rarity of the class, Rev. G. H. Kaynor's Aubry's Parrot 



(PoeocepJiahis auhryanus) hav - 

 -V ing previously appeared at the 

 L.C.B.A. Show in November 

 last; this specimen is quite 

 a young one and will show 

 the distinctive colouration of 

 the species more clearly after 

 another moult. Many visi- 

 tors took it for a Jardine's 

 and one or two were rather 

 indignant at being told it was 

 not. The accompanying fig. 

 I made at the show, complet- 

 ing it at Hazeleigh, where 1 had 

 Uie pleasure of seeing Mr. 

 Eaynor's four representatives 

 of roeocephalus viz., meyeri, 

 senegalensis, auhryanus and 

 robustus, at home, and very 

 much "at "home" they were 

 too, both with their owner and 

 their quarters — the room they 

 occupy is never heated at all, 

 and on February 21st and 

 22nd, they were out of doors 

 for an airing, though the ther- 

 mometer only registered 32 degrees F. on either day. I never saw a 

 group of birds more tit and hard in every way ; but I miis-t not linger 

 here, as Aubry's Parrot was fully described in our last vol. The 

 Meyer's Parrot was looking as well as ever, while the Senegal was 

 one of the best coloured birds I iiave seen. Another exhil^it, a 

 Leadbeater's Cockatoo was also very fine, not a feather out of place; 

 an uncommon Eed-vented or Blue-headed Parrot (Fionus menstruus) 

 was catalogued as a Blue-necked Parrot. 



1, 2, and h.c. Rev. G. H. Raynoi-, Meyer's, Senegal, and 

 Aubry's Parrots, in the order given, the latter rather hardly treated; 

 3 and v. h.c. J. C. Scliulter, Leadbeater Cockatoo, and Grey Parrot; 

 4, L. M. Wade, Red-vented Parrot; v. h.c, J. Ditchfleld, and c. 

 G. W. Ballington, Bluie-fronted Amazons. 



Certain Named Species (11): Not a large class, and not 

 calling for special comment, save to note the excellent plumage and 

 condition of all the exhibits, and most of the unnoticed birds were 

 fully equal to those receiving the awards. 



