November 5, 1868. ] 



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Annexetl is the prize list : — 



Belgian (Clear Yellow). —First, W. Bnlmor, Stockton. Sonond, J. 

 Robson, Midcilosboronch. Vi^ry Hit^hlv Comiaeiuieii, W. Inaon, K«ill;m<l. 



Belotam (Cloar Biuri.— First nnil 'Secoud, O. Toralinson, Stockton. 

 Very Highly Coiumcuded, W. Buhner. 



NoRwicii (Clour Jonque).— First and Very Hifibly Commended, Irons 

 and Brothers, Northampton. Second, K. Simpson, Whitby. 



Norwich (Cleur BntTj.— First, Irons *& Brothers. Second and Highly 

 Commended. R. Hawmm. 



Norwich (Varieyated Jonquc).— First, O. Mooro, Northampton. Se- 

 cond, J. Blister, Newcastlo. Kqnal Second, R. Hawman. 



Norwich tVarioErated RutTi.—First, J. Wynn, Northampton. Second, 

 R. Hawman. Very Hifrbly Commended, S. Tomen, Northampton. 



GoLDKiscH Mule {Variegated BafF).— First, 11. Hawman. Second, J. 

 Rob son. 



IjIzard (Golden-flpangled).— First. J. Taylor, Middlesborough. Second, 

 J. Stainsby, Darlington. Highly Commended, W. Burniston, Middles- 

 borough. 



Lizard (Silvcr-spanglcd).— First, J. Taylor. Second, J. Jackson, 

 Crook. Highly Commeaded, J. Stainsby. 



Any Breed (Dark Credtod).— First and Second, ,W. Blakston, Sander- 

 land. Highly Commended, G. Moore. 



Any Breed (Clear Crested).— First, G. Mooro {Norwich Crested). Se- 

 cond, Irons & Brothers {Norwich Crested). Very Highly Commended, S. 

 Tomes. 



Cinnamon f.Tonquo).— First, Irons A Brothers. Second, W. Buhner. 

 Very Highly Commended, S. Tomes. 



Cinnamon* {Buff).— First, G. Moore. Second, W. Cotton. Highly 

 Commended, ■/. Baxter. 



Common (Clear Yellow).— First, TV. Winter, Guisboroiigh. Second, E. 

 Winter, Gnisboroiigh. Very Highly Commended. J. Jackson. 



CoBiMON (Clear Bnff). -First, G. Stvauson, North Ormeaby. Second, J. 

 Ingleby. Highly Commended, J. Yeoman, North Ormesby. 



CoMKOM (Variegated Yellow). — First, R. Hawman. Secjnd, E. Graham, 

 Middlesborough. 



CoMMOM (Variegated Ball).— First, R. Hawman. Second, J. Stevens, 

 Middlesborough-ou-Tees, 



Canary (Green).— First, J. Jackson. Second, M. Stelling, Willingtou, 

 Durham. 



Any other Variett,— First, R. Hawman (Variegated Belgian). Se- 

 cond, W. Ealmer (Variegated Belgian). 



Goldfinch Mule (Dark).- -First, C. Eurniston, Tunstall. Second, T. 

 Robinson, Middlesborough. Very Highly Commended, M, Stelling. 



Goldfinch (Moulted). — First, J. Baiter. Second, J. Taylor. Com- 

 mended, M. Stelling. 



Brown Linnet (Moulted),— First, W. Eulmer. Second, W. Borniston, 

 Commended, M. Stelling. 



Any other Variety of Brttt<;h Birds.- First, T. Mann (Blackbird). 

 Second, H. Garbutt (MatrpicJ. Very Highly Commended, J. Eggleston 

 {Bullfinch'. 



Cage of Canaries. — First. J. Yates, Middlesborough. Second, J. Stevens. 

 Very Highly Commended, W. Inson; W. Cotton. 



Judge. — Mr. J. Chapmam, Bishop Auckland, 



THE HONEY HARVEST IN IRELAND AND IN 

 SCOTLAND. 

 A coKKESPONDE^T who Writes from the neiglibonrhood of 

 Mancbester Bays : — " It has been a great year for honey in 

 Ireland as well as in Scotland. One hive came to Liverpool 

 without bees or board, which weighed '.) stones (120 lbs.) ; and 

 the huge cakes of honeycomb now being carried about for sale 

 in this neighbourhood indicate both large and heavy hives." 



VARIETIES OF THE CANARY— DISORDERED 

 BREATHING. 



Wns-T is the diffei-enoe between a Norwich Canary and a 

 common Canary? I see at all the best shows the Norwich is 

 put first in the schedales, the Belgian second, and the common 

 third. I have never seen a good show where prizes were offered 

 for all ; but I have had birds offered to me for sale said to be 

 real Xorwich, but I could never see any difference in them 

 from our ordinary York-ihire birds. 



Is there any cure for the disease which I believe Canary 

 fanciers term the " pant," but which I think you describe in 

 your little book on Canaries as asthma? I have bred a few for 

 the last ten years, and they have never been troubled with any 

 other complaint. They sit gaping and wheezing, and the pul- 

 sation is so strong it can be seen to move the feathers — in fact, 

 the whole body of the bird. What is the cause of it ? You 

 state that asthma is caused by the birds hanging in draughts ; 

 bnt it cannot be so in my case, as the birds are in breeding 

 cages with both ends closed, and stand where there is no draught. 

 I give seed in the following proportions — 2 lbs. canary, 1 lb. 

 ;rape, and { lb. linseed, with soaked bread, egg, and green food 

 at intervals. It has always come on during the breeding time. 



— C.lKAr.IENSIS. 



[There is a very wide difference between a Norwich Canary 

 and au ordinary Yorkshire bird. The latter is the larger, 

 ■stronger, and coarser bird of the two, and vastly inferior in 

 colour, which in the Norwich bird is of such a pure shade of 



orange as at once to distinguish it from all other Canaries, and 

 especially from the common Canary, in which, let the colour 

 be as high as it may, there is always a nasty tinge of green 

 peculiarly distasteful to the eye of a fancier. Why the common 

 Canary should find its way into our exhibitions I cannot ima- 

 gine, unless it be from its having strong local interests. Some 

 men ignore colour altogether, brooding only for markings, and 

 with such these birds find favour. However, I intend next 

 week to say a word on exhibitions and prize schedules, when 

 I shall be able to go into this circumstance more fully. 



When a bird is troubled with the •' pant," alias the " blow," 

 alias " asthma," warmth is the grand panacea. Keep your 

 bird warm. Your diet is good.— W. A. B.] ^^^j 



THE BERKSHIRE BEE HIVE. 



Fig. 1. Fig. 2. 



Fifl. 1 represents the Berkshire bee hive, comprising a store 

 box and two supers, with framed glass sides and back, bottom 

 board, slides, &c. The shutters are withdrawn to show the 

 honeycomb. The supers would each contain about 20 lbs. of 

 honey; by removing a full one and replacing with one empty 

 they admit of unlimited room being given, and so prevent 

 swarming. They have the advantages of glass without its 

 disadvantages ; and each super is made to cover half the hive, 

 and so to economise the space. 



Ft:/. 2 is aback view of the Berkshire bee shed for two hives, 

 with two framed doors, and a ventilating door in the gable. 

 One door is open to show the interior. 



Fig. 3. 

 Fig. 3 is a front view of the Berkshire bee shod for three 

 hives. The patterns are rustic and ornamental, being worked 

 with green rods of various shades, interspersed with fir. These 

 sheds have a projecting front, sheltering the bees, and are 

 made to stand very firmly. 



LIGURIANS FOR, AND ANONYMI FROM, THE 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



RiTHEr. more than two years ago, a gentleman about to leave 

 this country for Cape Town applied to me to supply him with 

 a stock of pure Liguriau bees, packed in such a manner as 

 should enable him to convey them by mail steamer to his new 

 African home with a fair chance of their surviving the voyage. 

 After having in 1862 succeeded in the far more difficult task 

 of transporting Italian bees to the antipodes, I had, of course, 

 every confidence in my ability to pack them for the shorter 

 journey to the Cape of Good Hope, and bad, therefore, little 

 fear as to the result, when, on the 10th Septembfr, 18(!i), the 

 Koyal Mail Steamer, belonging to the Union Steam Ship Com- 

 pany, took her departure from Plymouth for Africa with de- 

 cidedly more emigrants on board than usual, seeing that in 

 addition to her ordinary complement of passengers, she con- 

 veyed some thousands of the genus Apis, probably the first of 

 their species ever exported to that contment, which already 

 possesses more than one indigenous variety of the honey bee. 



Although, as I have said, feeling but little anxiety as to the 

 result, I have from time to time given a thought to the fate of 



