Altogether I lia^e fift5^-rour birds at present in 

 cages ; twenty cages to clean every day, and to-day 

 came four lovely Tanagers, — another present — one 

 Blue, one Olive, one Scarlet, and one Black. I will 

 write of them another time, as I feel sure I shall bore 

 my readers if I continue this paper any more now. 



Zbc National iGirD Show. 



Those interested in Foreign Birds, and wishing to 

 see a fine collection, were certainly not disappointed 

 at the 4Sth Crystal Palace Show, held from February 

 15th to 19th inclusive. A noticeable feature was the 

 all round excellence of the exhibits, testifying to in- 

 telligence and care bestowed upon them ; there being 

 scarcely an ill conditioned bird among them. In all 

 109 entries were staged, and were divided among nine 

 classes, three of which were for Lovebirds, Parrakeets, 

 Parrots, etc., judged by Mr. T. T. Camps ; the other 

 classes falling to the lot of Mr. Swaysland owing to 

 the enforced absence of Mr. Russell Humphrys. 



First and foremost must be placed the Banksian 

 Cockatoos ; Mrs. Anningson's well known specimen 

 (an adult female) taking first honours and five specials ; 

 Sir C. LawesWittewronge taking second with a unique 

 pair of these birds, the adult male being an excep- 

 tionally fine bird, the female being rather rough. 

 Their owner is to be congratulated on such a unique 

 possession, and it is certainly to be hoped that he will 

 make an attempt to breed them. As many were of 

 the opinion that the male was a Funeral Cockatoo and 

 not a Banksian at all, it may be of general interest to 



