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of oppoj^ite No. 2 on liis slip. When the error was discovered the owner of 

 No. I was quite willing- to forego the prize, bnt the L.C B.A. officials, ulti- 

 mately and rightly, upheld the rule " that judge's slips must not be altered 

 after being handed in." 



Pakrakkkts, I.oriks, Lokikkkts, etc. (i6) : A fine, varied, and interest- 

 ing- arrnj', tlie gorgeous plumage of many of the exhibits being quite a 

 feature of the section, i, W. Cook, rare lilack-crowned I,ory, will be a 

 glorious bird indeed when it has passed through another moult; z, H. E. 

 Cooper, the well-known pair of Red-vented Rlue Bonnets, in fine condition; 

 3, C. Cooper, Barnard Parrakeets, an attractive pair; 4, G. W. Leavers, nice 

 Senegal Parrot; ex.4, K. J,. Miller, good pair Many-coloured Parrakeets; 

 vhc, Conway-Gordon, good Ceram or Chattering I-ory ; he, Frostick, Alexan- 

 ■drine Parrakeet, good colour, very sleek and tight; c, T. Miller, K. I,. 

 Miller, Cooper, Dewhurst, Brammer ; also exhibited very fine Chattering 

 Lor3', a well-known wiinier, not yet through the moult, and a pair of un- 

 common Crimson I,ories, which were puffy when the judging took place. 



PAUKor.s, Cockatoos, Macaws, etc. (8): i, Mrs K. Leslie Miller, silver 

 medal, rare and unique Dusky (or Violet) Parrot, in very finest condition, 

 a most interesting and chastely coloured exhibit; 2, J. Tyson, very nice 

 Grey, quite an accomplished linguist; 3, C. Cooper, very good Blue and 

 Yellow Jlacaw ; 4, W. Salisbury, nice Grey, also a good talker; c, Mrs 

 Summer; also exhibited Moluccan Cockatoo, attracting much attention by 

 its varied and fluent utterances. 



Thb Common Waxbili.s, Weavers, etc. (12 : i, F. Howe, St. Helena 

 Waxbills, quite the finest we remember to liave seen ; 2, Mrs. Warren Vernon, 

 silver medal, Zebra Waxbills, good colour, very tight; 3, Meadows, good pair 

 Green Avadavats; 4, Maxwell, very good Khodesian Ribbon Finches, larger 

 than the common species; vhc, Mrs Cooper; he, Townsend, Hodgson; c, 

 Howe, Hodgson, and Partridge. 



Again an apt illustration of what a l)eautifnl .series may be 

 tept, without going outside the cheap and freely imported 

 species. 



A.O. Spicciks of Waxbili.s, Mannikins, etc. (12): i, F. Howe, Violet- 

 eared Waxbills, very rich in colovir, sleek and tight, quite one of the best we 

 have seen ; 2,3, Mrs K. L. Miller, Sydney Waxbill, a beautiful, softly coloured 

 bird and Melba Finch, a nice bird, but not quite so bright as some we have 

 seen ; 4, S. M. Townsend, good pair of the prettily-marked Rufous-backed 

 Mannikin ; vhc, M. B. Partridge, White Java Sparrows, very pure and tight ; 

 he, Mrs K. L. Miller; c, Maxwell, .Shiers, and Cooper. 



Grassfinches, Weavers, etc. (12); i, Mrs K. L. Jliller, Scaly-crowned 

 Weaver bird, an uncommon exhibit (which however bids fair to become 

 rather common) in perfect condition, a prettj', quietly clad bird, in a pleasing 

 array of browns, the feathers of the fore crown being black, edged with 

 brown, standing out very distinctly, and from which the bird takes its name 

 " Scaly-crowned " ; 2, 3, Mrs Warren Vernon, nice pairs of Diamond Finches 



